brabachúil

Irish

Etymology

From brabach (“gain, profit; benefit, advantage; surplus”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

brabachúil (genitive singular masculine brabachúil, genitive singular feminine brabachúla, plural brabachúla, comparative brabachúla)

1. well-to-do

Declension

Declension of brabachúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	brabachúil	bhrabachúil	brabachúla; bhrabachúla2
vocative	bhrabachúil		brabachúla
genitive		brabachúla	strong noun	weak noun
			brabachúla	brabachúil
dative	brabachúil; bhrabachúil1	bhrabachúil	brabachúla; bhrabachúla2
Comparative	níos brabachúla
Superlative	is brabachúla

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of brabachúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brabachúil	bhrabachúil	mbrabachúil

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) “brabachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN