brionglóideach

Irish

Etymology

From brionglóid (“dream”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiŋlˠɔdʲa(x)/[1]

Adjective

brionglóideach (genitive singular masculine brionglóidigh, genitive singular feminine brionglóidí, plural brionglóideacha, comparative brionglóidí)

  1. dreamy
  2. hallucinatory (relating to or resembling hallucination)

Declension

Declension of brionglóideach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative brionglóideach bhrionglóideach brionglóideacha;
bhrionglóideacha2
vocative bhrionglóidigh brionglóideacha
genitive brionglóidí brionglóideacha brionglóideach
dative brionglóideach;
bhrionglóideach1 		bhrionglóideach;
bhrionglóidigh (archaic) 		brionglóideacha;
bhrionglóideacha2
Comparative níos brionglóidí
Superlative is brionglóidí

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

Noun

brionglóideach f (genitive singular brionglóidí)

  1. reverie
  2. abstraction

Declension

Declension of brionglóideach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative brionglóideach
vocative a bhrionglóideach
genitive brionglóidí
dative brionglóideach
brionglóidigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhrionglóideach
genitive na brionglóidí
dative leis an mbrionglóideach
leis an mbrionglóidigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bhrionglóideach
don bhrionglóidigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brionglóideach
radical lenition eclipsis
brionglóideach bhrionglóideach mbrionglóideach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 477, page 152

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