brécach
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brécach
Declension
[edit]| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | brécach | brécach | brécach |
| Vocative | brécaig* brécach** | ||
| Accusative | brécach | brécaig | |
| Genitive | brécaig | brécaige | brécaig |
| Dative | brécuch | brécaig | brécuch |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | brécaig | brécacha | |
| Vocative | brécachu brécacha† | ||
| Accusative | brécachu brécacha† | ||
| Genitive | brécach | ||
| Dative | brécachaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| brécach | brécach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbrécach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brécach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language