brúidiúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From brúid (“brute”) + -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic brùideil.
Adjective
[edit]brúidiúil (genitive singular masculine brúidiúil, genitive singular feminine brúidiúla, plural brúidiúla, comparative brúidiúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | brúidiúil | bhrúidiúil | brúidiúla; bhrúidiúla2 | |
| vocative | bhrúidiúil | brúidiúla | ||
| genitive | brúidiúla | brúidiúla | brúidiúil | |
| dative | brúidiúil; bhrúidiúil1 |
bhrúidiúil; bhrúidiúil (archaic) |
brúidiúla; bhrúidiúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos brúidiúla | |||
| Superlative | is brúidiúla | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- brúidiúlacht f (“brutishness; brutality”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| brúidiúil | bhrúidiúil | mbrúidiúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brúitemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brúideaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 92
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brúidiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brúidiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “brúidiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024