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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bruachbhailteach bhruachbhailteach mbruachbhailteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Entries containing “bruachbhailteach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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