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brionglóid

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brionglóid f (genitive singular brionglóide, nominative plural brionglóidí)

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

Declension

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Declension of brionglóid (second declension)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  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

Further reading

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