bréagach

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Irish

Etymology

From bréag (“a lie”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bréagach (genitive singular masculine bréagaigh, genitive singular feminine bréagaí, plural bréagacha, comparative bréagaí)

  1. lying, false

Declension

Declension of bréagach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bréagach bhréagach bréagacha;
bhréagacha2
vocative bhréagaigh bréagacha
genitive bréagaí bréagacha bréagach
dative bréagach;
bhréagach1 		bhréagach;
bhréagaigh (archaic) 		bréagacha;
bhréagacha2
Comparative níos bréagaí
Superlative is bréagaí

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

Noun

bréagach m (genitive singular bréagaigh, nominative plural bréagaigh)

  1. liar

Declension

Declension of bréagach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bréagach bréagaigh
vocative a bhréagaigh a bhréagacha
genitive bréagaigh bréagach
dative bréagach bréagaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bréagach na bréagaigh
genitive an bhréagaigh na mbréagach
dative leis an mbréagach
don bhréagach 		leis na bréagaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréagach
radical lenition eclipsis
bréagach bhréagach mbréagach

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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