brionglóideach

Irish

Etymology

From brionglóid (“dream”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

brionglóideach (genitive singular masculine brionglóidigh, genitive singular feminine brionglóidí, plural brionglóideacha, comparative brionglóidí)

1. dreamy
   1. hallucinatory (relating to or resembling hallucination)
2. abstracted

Declension

Declension of brionglóideach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	brionglóideach	bhrionglóideach	brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha2
vocative	bhrionglóidigh		brionglóideacha
genitive		brionglóidí	brionglóideacha	brionglóideach
dative	brionglóideach; bhrionglóideach1	bhrionglóideach; bhrionglóidigh (archaic)	brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha2
Comparative	níos brionglóidí
Superlative	is brionglóidí

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

Noun

brionglóideach f (genitive singular brionglóidí)

1. (act of) dreaming; dream
2. reverie, abstraction

Declension

Declension of brionglóideach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative brionglóideach vocative a bhrionglóideach genitive brionglóidí dative brionglóideach forms with the definite article singular nominative an bhrionglóideach genitive na brionglóidí dative leis an mbrionglóideach don bhrionglóideach

Related terms

• brionglóidíocht (“dreaming”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brionglóideach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brionglóideach	bhrionglóideach	mbrionglóideach

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) “brionglóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brionglóideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “brionglóideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025