broigheall

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

broigheall m (genitive singular broighill, nominative plural broighill)

1. cormorant

   Synonyms: cailleach dhubh, duibhéan, fiach mara

Declension

Declension of broigheall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative broigheall broighill vocative a bhroighill a bhroighealla genitive broighill broigheall dative broigheall broighill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an broigheall na broighill genitive an bhroighill na mbroigheall dative leis an mbroigheall don bhroigheall leis na broighill

Mutation

Mutated forms of broigheall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
broigheall	bhroigheall	mbroigheall

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