bruíonach

Irish

Alternative forms

• bruidheanach, bruíneach, bruíontach

Etymology

From bruíon (“quarrel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bruíonach (genitive singular masculine bruíonaigh, genitive singular feminine bruíonaí, plural bruíonacha, comparative bruíonaí)

1. quarrelsome

   Synonyms: bruíonmhar, bruíontúil

Declension

Declension of bruíonach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bruíonach	bhruíonach	bruíonacha; bhruíonacha2
vocative	bhruíonaigh		bruíonacha
genitive		bruíonaí	bruíonacha	bruíonach
dative	bruíonach; bhruíonach1	bhruíonach; bhruíonaigh (archaic)	bruíonacha; bhruíonacha2
Comparative	níos bruíonaí
Superlative	is bruíonaí

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

Derived terms

• bruíonachas m (“quarrelsomeness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruíonach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruíonach	bhruíonach	mbruíonach

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