buirgéiseach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman burgeis +‎ -ach.

Noun

buirgéiseach m (genitive singular buirgéisigh, nominative plural buirgéisigh)

  1. burgess (inhabitant of a borough with full rights)

Declension

Declension of buirgéiseach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buirgéiseach buirgéiseigh
vocative a bhuirgéiseigh a bhuirgéiseacha
genitive buirgéiseigh buirgéiseach
dative buirgéiseach buirgéiseigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an buirgéiseach na buirgéiseigh
genitive an bhuirgéiseigh na mbuirgéiseach
dative leis an mbuirgéiseach
don bhuirgéiseach 		leis na buirgéiseigh

Adjective

buirgéiseach (genitive singular masculine buirgéisigh, genitive singular feminine buirgéisí, comparative buirgéisí)

  1. bourgeois

Declension

Declension of buirgéiseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative buirgéiseach bhuirgéiseach buirgéiseacha;
bhuirgéiseacha2
vocative bhuirgéiseaigh buirgéiseacha
genitive buirgéiseaí buirgéiseacha buirgéiseach
dative buirgéiseach;
bhuirgéiseach1 		bhuirgéiseach;
bhuirgéiseaigh (archaic) 		buirgéiseacha;
bhuirgéiseacha2
Comparative níos buirgéiseaí
Superlative is buirgéiseaí

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 buirgéiseach
radical lenition eclipsis
buirgéiseach bhuirgéiseach mbuirgéiseach

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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