maolbhriste

Irish

Etymology

From maol (“bald, blunt, bare”) +‎ briste (“broken”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠeːl̪ˠˌvʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/[1]

Adjective

maolbhriste

  1. partly broken, spent

Declension

Declension of maolbhriste
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative maolbhriste mhaolbhriste maolbhriste;
mhaolbhriste2
vocative mhaolbhriste maolbhriste
genitive maolbhriste maolbhriste maolbhriste
dative maolbhriste;
mhaolbhriste1 		mhaolbhriste maolbhriste;
mhaolbhriste2
Comparative níos maolbhriste
Superlative is maolbhriste

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 maolbhriste
radical lenition eclipsis
maolbhriste mhaolbhriste not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119

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