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

Positive	singular		plural
	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 singular plural nominative breallach breallaigh vocative a bhreallaigh a bhreallacha genitive breallaigh breallach dative breallach breallaigh forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of breallach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breallach	bhreallach	mbreallach

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) “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, 2013-2025