Irish
Etymology
From bréag- (“false”) + cuil (“fly”).
Noun
bréagchuil f (genitive singular bréagchuile, nominative plural bréagchuileanna)
- (fishing) fly
Declension
Declension of bréagchuil (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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bréagchuil
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bréagchuileanna
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| vocative
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a bhréagchuil
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a bhréagchuileanna
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| genitive
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bréagchuile
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bréagchuileanna
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| dative
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bréagchuil
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bréagchuileanna
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an bhréagchuil
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na bréagchuileanna
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| genitive
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na bréagchuile
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na mbréagchuileanna
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| dative
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leis an mbréagchuil don bhréagchuil
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leis na bréagchuileanna
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Mutation
Mutated forms of bréagchuil
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| bréagchuil
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bhréagchuil
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mbréagchuil
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagchuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bréagchuil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bréagchuil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025