bréagdheimhneach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From bréag- +‎ deimhneach.

Adjective

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bréagdheimhneach (genitive singular masculine bréagdheimhnigh, genitive singular feminine bréagdheimhní, plural bréagdheimhneacha, not comparable)

  1. false positive

Declension

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Declension of bréagdheimhneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bréagdheimhneach bhréagdheimhneach bréagdheimhneacha;
bhréagdheimhneacha2
vocative bhréagdheimhnigh bréagdheimhneacha
genitive bréagdheimhní bréagdheimhneacha bréagdheimhneach
dative bréagdheimhneach;
bhréagdheimhneach1
bhréagdheimhneach;
bhréagdheimhnigh (archaic)
bréagdheimhneacha;
bhréagdheimhneacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of bréagdheimhneach
radical lenition eclipsis
bréagdheimhneach bhréagdheimhneach mbréagdheimhneach

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

Further reading

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  • bréagdheimhneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024