bréagchuil

Irish

Etymology

From bréag- (“false”) +‎ cuil (“fly”).

Noun

bréagchuil f (genitive singular bréagchuile, nominative plural bréagchuileanna)

1. (fishing) fly

Declension

Declension of bréagchuil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bréagchuil bréagchuileanna vocative a bhréagchuil a bhréagchuileanna genitive bréagchuile bréagchuileanna dative bréagchuil bréagchuileanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhréagchuil na bréagchuileanna genitive na bréagchuile na mbréagchuileanna dative leis an mbréagchuil don bhréagchuil leis na bréagchuileanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréagchuil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bréagchuil	bhréagchuil	mbréagchuil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagchuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bréagchuil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bréagchuil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025