bruthcharraig

Irish

Etymology

From bruth- (“igneous”) +‎ carraig (“rock”).

Noun

bruthcharraig f (genitive singular bruthcharraige, nominative plural bruthcharraigeacha)

1. (geology) igneous rock

   Synonym: carraig dhoigheartha

Declension

Declension of bruthcharraig (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bruthcharraig bruthcharraigeacha vocative a bhruthcharraig a bhruthcharraigeacha genitive bruthcharraige bruthcharraigeacha dative bruthcharraig bruthcharraigeacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhruthcharraig na bruthcharraigeacha genitive na bruthcharraige na mbruthcharraigeacha dative leis an mbruthcharraig don bhruthcharraig leis na bruthcharraigeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruthcharraig

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruthcharraig	bhruthcharraig	mbruthcharraig

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) “bruthcharraig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruthcharraig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bruthcharraig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025