bruíonach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bruíon (“quarrel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bruíonach (genitive singular masculine bruíonaigh, genitive singular feminine bruíonaí, plural bruíonacha, comparative bruíonaí)

  1. quarrelsome
    Synonyms: bruíonmhar, bruíontúil

Declension

Declension of bruíonach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bruíonach bhruíonach bruíonacha;
bhruíonacha2
vocative bhruíonaigh bruíonacha
genitive bruíonaí bruíonacha bruíonach
dative bruíonach;
bhruíonach1 		bhruíonach;
bhruíonaigh (archaic) 		bruíonacha;
bhruíonacha2
Comparative níos bruíonaí
Superlative is bruíonaí

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 bruíonach
radical lenition eclipsis
bruíonach bhruíonach mbruíonach

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

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