bréagdheimhneach

Irish

Etymology

From bréag- +‎ deimhneach.

Adjective

bréagdheimhneach (genitive singular masculine bréagdheimhnigh, genitive singular feminine bréagdheimhní, plural bréagdheimhneacha, not comparable)

  1. false positive

Declension

Declension of bréagdheimhneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bréagdheimhneach bhréagdheimhneach bréagdheimhneacha;
bhréagdheimhneacha2
vocative bhréagdheimhnigh bréagdheimhneacha
genitive bréagdheimhní bréagdheimhneacha bréagdheimhneach
dative bréagdheimhneach;
bhréagdheimhneach1
bhréagdheimhneach;
bhréagdheimhnigh (archaic)
bréagdheimhneacha;
bhréagdheimhneacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréagdheimhneach
radical lenition eclipsis
bréagdheimhneach bhréagdheimhneach mbréagdheimhneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • bréagdheimhneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025