brionglánach

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Irish

Etymology

From brionglán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

brionglánach (genitive singular masculine brionglánaigh, genitive singular feminine brionglánaí, plural brionglánacha, comparative brionglánaí)

  1. Alternative form of beangánach (“branching; pronged”)

Declension

Declension of brionglánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative brionglánach bhrionglánach brionglánacha;
bhrionglánacha2
vocative bhrionglánaigh brionglánacha
genitive brionglánaí brionglánacha brionglánach
dative brionglánach;
bhrionglánach1 		bhrionglánach;
bhrionglánaigh (archaic) 		brionglánacha;
bhrionglánacha2
Comparative níos brionglánaí
Superlative is brionglánaí

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 brionglánach
radical lenition eclipsis
brionglánach bhrionglánach mbrionglánach

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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