brabachúil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From brabach (“gain, profit; benefit, advantage; surplus”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]brabachúil (genitive singular masculine brabachúil, genitive singular feminine brabachúla, plural brabachúla, comparative brabachúla)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brabachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN