bruachbhailteach

Irish

Etymology

From bruachbhailte (“suburbs”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bruachbhailteach (genitive singular masculine bruachbhailtigh, genitive singular feminine bruachbhailtí, plural bruachbhailteacha, comparative bruachbhailtí)

1. suburban

   Synonyms: fo-bhailteach, fo-uirbeach

Declension

Declension of bruachbhailteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bruachbhailteach	bhruachbhailteach	bruachbhailteacha; bhruachbhailteacha2
vocative	bhruachbhailtigh		bruachbhailteacha
genitive		bruachbhailtí	bruachbhailteacha	bruachbhailteach
dative	bruachbhailteach; bhruachbhailteach1	bhruachbhailteach; bhruachbhailtigh (archaic)	bruachbhailteacha; bhruachbhailteacha2
Comparative	níos bruachbhailtí
Superlative	is bruachbhailtí

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

Noun

bruachbhailteach m (genitive singular bruachbhailtigh, nominative plural bruachbhailtigh)

1. (informal, usually derogatory) suburbanite

   Synonym: fo-bhailteach

Declension

Declension of bruachbhailteach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bruachbhailteach bruachbhailtigh vocative a bhruachbhailtigh a bhruachbhailteacha genitive bruachbhailtigh bruachbhailteach dative bruachbhailteach bruachbhailtigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bruachbhailteach na bruachbhailtigh genitive an bhruachbhailtigh na mbruachbhailteach dative leis an mbruachbhailteach don bhruachbhailteach leis na bruachbhailtigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruachbhailteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruachbhailteach	bhruachbhailteach	mbruachbhailteach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “bruachbhailteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025