breallach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

breallach (genitive singular masculine breallaigh, genitive singular feminine breallaí, plural breallacha, comparative breallaí)

  1. protuberant
  2. foolish

Declension
Declension of breallach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative breallach bhreallach breallacha;
bhreallacha²
Vocative bhreallaigh breallacha
Genitive breallaí breallacha breallach
Dative breallach;
bhreallach¹		 bhreallach;
bhreallaigh (archaic)		 breallacha;
bhreallacha²
Comparative níos breallaí
Superlative is breallaí

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

Noun

breallach m (genitive singular breallaigh, nominative plural breallaigh)

  1. clam
    Synonym: breallacán
  2. (in the plural) rags

Declension
Declension of breallach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative breallach breallaigh
Vocative a bhreallaigh a bhreallacha
Genitive breallaigh breallach
Dative breallach breallaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an breallach na breallaigh
Genitive an bhreallaigh na mbreallach
Dative leis an mbreallach

don bhreallach

 leis na breallaigh

Derived terms
  • seabhdar breallach (“clam chowder”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breallach bhreallach mbreallach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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