bruíneach

Irish

Adjective

bruíneach (genitive singular masculine bruínigh, genitive singular feminine bruíní, plural bruíneacha, comparative bruíní)

1. Alternative form of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)

Declension

Declension of bruíneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bruíneach	bhruíneach	bruíneacha; bhruíneacha2
vocative	bhruínigh		bruíneacha
genitive		bruíní	bruíneacha	bruíneach
dative	bruíneach; bhruíneach1	bhruíneach; bhruínigh (archaic)	bruíneacha; bhruíneacha2
Comparative	níos bruíní
Superlative	is bruíní

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 bruíneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruíneach	bhruíneach	mbruíneach

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) “bruíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm