brionglóid

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bringlóid, brinnglóid, from brinn (“vision, dream, revelation”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

brionglóid f (genitive singular brionglóide, nominative plural brionglóidí)

  1. dream, daydream, reverie, mirage
    Synonyms: aisling, taibhreamh
  2. worry

Declension

Declension of brionglóid (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brionglóid brionglóidí
vocative a bhrionglóid a bhrionglóidí
genitive brionglóide brionglóidí
dative brionglóid brionglóidí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhrionglóid na brionglóidí
genitive na brionglóide na mbrionglóidí
dative leis an mbrionglóid
don bhrionglóid 		leis na brionglóidí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of brionglóid
radical lenition eclipsis
brionglóid bhrionglóid mbrionglóid

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brin(n)glóid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 403, page 133

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