brionglóid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bringlóid, brinnglóid, from brinn (“vision, dream, revelation”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɪŋˈl̪ˠoːdʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪŋlˠoːdʲ/, /ˈbʲɾʲɪŋl̪ˠoːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɨ̞ŋlˠɔdʲ/, /ˈbʲɾʲɨ̞ŋl̪ˠɔdʲ/

Noun

brionglóid f (genitive singular brionglóide, nominative plural brionglóidí)

1. dream, daydream, reverie, mirage

   Synonyms: aisling, taibhreamh

2. worry

Declension

Declension of brionglóid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brionglóid brionglóidí vocative a bhrionglóid a bhrionglóidí genitive brionglóide brionglóidí dative brionglóid brionglóidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhrionglóid na brionglóidí genitive na brionglóide na mbrionglóidí dative leis an mbrionglóid don bhrionglóid leis na brionglóidí

Derived terms

• brionglóideach
• brionglóidíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of brionglóid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brionglóid	bhrionglóid	mbrionglóid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “brionglóid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brionglóid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 88
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brionglóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “brionglóid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brionglóid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm