brionglánach

Irish

Etymology

From brionglán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

brionglánach (genitive singular masculine brionglánaigh, genitive singular feminine brionglánaí, plural brionglánacha, comparative brionglánaí)

1. Alternative form of beangánach (“branching; pronged”)

Declension

Declension of brionglánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	brionglánach	bhrionglánach	brionglánacha; bhrionglánacha2
vocative	bhrionglánaigh		brionglánacha
genitive		brionglánaí	brionglánacha	brionglánach
dative	brionglánach; bhrionglánach1	bhrionglánach; bhrionglánaigh (archaic)	brionglánacha; bhrionglánacha2
Comparative	níos brionglánaí
Superlative	is brionglánaí

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 brionglánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brionglánach	bhrionglánach	mbrionglánach

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