dea-bhriathrach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deagh-bhriathrach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish dag-briathrach. By surface analysis, dea- +‎ briathar + -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːˌvʲɾʲiəhɾˠa(x)/[2]

Adjective

dea-bhriathrach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhriathraigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhriathraí, plural dea-bhriathracha, comparative dea-bhriathraí)

  1. well-spoken
    Synonym: dea-labhartha

Declension

Declension of dea-bhriathrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dea-bhriathrach dhea-bhriathrach dea-bhriathracha;
dhea-bhriathracha2
vocative dhea-bhriathraigh dea-bhriathracha
genitive dea-bhriathraí dea-bhriathracha dea-bhriathrach
dative dea-bhriathrach;
dhea-bhriathrach1 		dhea-bhriathrach;
dhea-bhriathraigh (archaic) 		dea-bhriathracha;
dhea-bhriathracha2
Comparative níos dea-bhriathraí
Superlative is dea-bhriathraí

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 dea-bhriathrach
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-bhriathrach dhea-bhriathrach ndea-bhriathrach

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

References

  1. ^ “dea-bhriathrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

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