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bréagchráifeach
bréagchráifeach
Irish
Adjective
bréagchráifeach (genitive singular masculine bréagchráifigh, genitive singular feminine bréagchráifí, plural bréagchráifeacha, comparative bréagchráifí)
Declension
Declension of bréagchráifeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bréagchráifeach | bréagchráifeach¹ | bréagchráifeacha³ | |
| Vocative | bréagchráifigh¹ | bréagchráifeach¹ | bréagchráifeacha | |
| Genitive | bréagchráifigh¹ | bréagchráifí (obsolete) bréagchráifighe |
bréagchráifeacha | bréagchráifeach |
| Dative | bréagchráifeach² | bréagchráifeach¹ (archaic) bréagchráifigh¹ |
bréagchráifeacha³ | |
| Comparative | bréagchráifí (obsolete) bréagchráifighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- béalchráifeach
- diagasúil
Related terms
- bréagchrábhadh, bréagchráifeacht (“sanctimony”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bréagchráifeach | bhréagchráifeach | mbréagchráifeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bréagchráifeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.