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brabachúil

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. well-to-do

Declension

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Declension of brabachúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative brabachúil bhrabachúil brabachúla;
bhrabachúla2
vocative bhrabachúil brabachúla
genitive brabachúla 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

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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

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