bruasach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish bruasach. By surface analysis, bruas + -ach.
Adjective
bruasach (genitive singular masculine bruasaigh, genitive singular feminine bruasaí, plural bruasacha, comparative bruasaí)
Declension
Declension of bruasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bruasach | bhruasach | bruasacha; bhruasacha² | |
| Vocative | bhruasaigh | bruasacha | ||
| Genitive | bruasaí | bruasacha | bruasach | |
| Dative | bruasach; bhruasach¹ |
bhruasach; bhruasaigh (archaic) |
bruasacha; bhruasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bruasaí | |||
| Superlative | is bruasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bruasach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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