bruíontach

Irish

Adjective

bruíontach (genitive singular masculine bruíontaigh, genitive singular feminine bruíontaí, plural bruíontacha, comparative bruíontaí)

1. Alternative form of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)

Declension

Declension of bruíontach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bruíontach	bhruíontach	bruíontacha; bhruíontacha2
vocative	bhruíontaigh		bruíontacha
genitive		bruíontaí	bruíontacha	bruíontach
dative	bruíontach; bhruíontach1	bhruíontach; bhruíontaigh (archaic)	bruíontacha; bhruíontacha2
Comparative	níos bruíontaí
Superlative	is bruíontaí

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 bruíontach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruíontach	bhruíontach	mbruíontach

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