brionglóideach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From brionglóid (“dream”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]brionglóideach (genitive singular masculine brionglóidigh, genitive singular feminine brionglóidí, plural brionglóideacha, comparative brionglóidí)
- dreamy
- hallucinatory (relating to or resembling hallucination)
- abstracted
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | brionglóideach | bhrionglóideach | brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha2 | |
vocative | bhrionglóidigh | brionglóideacha | ||
genitive | brionglóidí | brionglóideacha | brionglóideach | |
dative | brionglóideach; bhrionglóideach1 |
bhrionglóideach; bhrionglóidigh (archaic) |
brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha2 | |
Comparative | níos brionglóidí | |||
Superlative | is brionglóidí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]brionglóideach f (genitive singular brionglóidí)
- (act of) dreaming; dream
- reverie, abstraction
Declension
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Related terms
[edit]- brionglóidíocht (“dreaming”, noun)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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brionglóideach | bhrionglóideach | mbrionglóideach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brionglóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brionglóideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “brionglóideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024