braig f (genitive singular braige, nominative plural braigeanna)
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
braig | bhraig | mbraig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From bra (“good”) + -ig. It has arisen because the word bra is invariable and might therefore sound a bit off in some grammatical forms, for example the definite form.
braig (comparative braigare, superlative braigast)
Inflection of braig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | braig | braigare | braigast |
Neuter singular | braigt | braigare | braigast |
Plural | braiga | braigare | braigast |
Masculine plural3 | braige | braigare | braigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | braige | braigare | braigaste |
All | braiga | braigare | braigaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |