dea-bhriathrach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish dag-briathrach. By surface analysis, dea- + briathar + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dea-bhriathrach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhriathraigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhriathraí, plural dea-bhriathracha, comparative dea-bhriathraí)
- well-spoken
- Synonym: dea-labhartha
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | dea-bhriathrach | dhea-bhriathrach | dea-bhriathracha; dhea-bhriathracha2 | |
| vocative | dhea-bhriathraigh | dea-bhriathracha | ||
| genitive | dea-bhriathraí | dea-bhriathracha | dea-bhriathrach | |
| dative | dea-bhriathrach; dhea-bhriathrach1 |
dhea-bhriathrach; dhea-bhriathraigh (archaic) |
dea-bhriathracha; dhea-bhriathracha2 | |
| Comparative | níos dea-bhriathraí | |||
| Superlative | is dea-bhriathraí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dea-bhriathrach | dhea-bhriathrach | ndea-bhriathrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “dea-bhriathrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-bhriathrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN