From Middle Irish bruasach. By surface analysis, bruas + -ach.
bruasach (genitive singular masculine bruasaigh, genitive singular feminine bruasaí, plural bruasacha, comparative bruasaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bruasach | bhruasach | bruasacha; bhruasacha2 | |
vocative | bhruasaigh | bruasacha | ||
genitive | bruasaí | bruasacha | bruasach | |
dative | bruasach; bhruasach1 |
bhruasach; bhruasaigh (archaic) |
bruasacha; bhruasacha2 | |
Comparative | níos bruasaí | |||
Superlative | is bruasaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.