brúidiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From brúid (“brute”) +‎ -úil. Compare Scottish Gaelic brùideil.

Adjective

brúidiúil (genitive singular masculine brúidiúil, genitive singular feminine brúidiúla, plural brúidiúla, comparative brúidiúla)

  1. brutal

Declension

Declension of brúidiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative brúidiúil bhrúidiúil brúidiúla;
bhrúidiúla2
vocative bhrúidiúil brúidiúla
genitive brúidiúla brúidiúla brúidiúil
dative brúidiúil;
bhrúidiúil1 		bhrúidiúil;
bhrúidiúil (archaic) 		brúidiúla;
bhrúidiúla2
Comparative níos brúidiúla
Superlative is brúidiúla

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of brúidiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
brúidiúil bhrúidiúil mbrúidiúil

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

References

  1. ^ “brúidiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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