breallach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

breallach (genitive singular masculine breallaigh, genitive singular feminine breallaí, plural breallacha, comparative breallaí)

1. protuberant
2. foolish

Declension

Declension of breallach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	breallach	bhreallach	breallacha; bhreallacha²
Vocative	bhreallaigh		breallacha
Genitive		breallaí	breallacha	breallach
Dative	breallach; bhreallach¹	bhreallach; bhreallaigh (archaic)	breallacha; bhreallacha²
Comparative	níos breallaí
Superlative	is breallaí

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

Noun

breallach m (genitive singular breallaigh, nominative plural breallaigh)

1. clam

   Synonym: breallacán

2. (in the plural) rags

Declension

Declension of breallach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative breallach breallaigh Vocative a bhreallaigh a bhreallacha Genitive breallaigh breallach Dative breallach breallaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an breallach na breallaigh Genitive an bhreallaigh na mbreallach Dative leis an mbreallach don bhreallach leis na breallaigh

Derived terms

• seabhdar breallach (“clam chowder”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breallach	bhreallach	mbreallach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “breallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024