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breall

breall

Irish

Noun

breall f ‎(genitive singular breille, nominative plural brealla)

Declension

Declension of breall

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	breall	brealla
Vocative	a bhreall	a bhrealla
Genitive	breille	breall
Dative	breall	brealla

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhreall	na brealla
Genitive	na breille	na mbreall
Dative	leis an mbreall don bhreall	leis na brealla

Derived terms

Terms derived from breall

breallach, breallúil ‎(“protuberant; blubber-lipped; ragged, tattered; blundering, foolish”, adjective)
breallaire m ‎(“silly talker, fool”)

breallán m ‎(“ragged person; blunderer, fool”)
breallmhéarach ‎(“clumsy-fingered”, adjective)

breallóg f ‎(“slattern; foolish, talkative woman”)

Related terms

Related terms

breallaireacht f ‎(“silliness, silly talk”)
breallántacht f ‎(“(act of) talking nonsense; silliness, nonsense”)

breallánta ‎(“silly”, adjective)

breallógacht f ‎(“slatternliness; slovenly work”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breall	bhreall	mbreall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"breall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“brell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.