bréagach

Irish

Etymology

From bréag (“a lie”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiaɡəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡa(h)/

Adjective

bréagach (genitive singular masculine bréagaigh, genitive singular feminine bréagaí, plural bréagacha, comparative bréagaí)

  1. lying, false

Declension
Declension of bréagach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bréagach bhréagach bréagacha;
bhréagacha²
Vocative bhréagaigh bréagacha
Genitive bréagaí bréagacha bréagach
Dative bréagach;
bhréagach¹		 bhréagach;
bhréagaigh (archaic)		 bréagacha;
bhréagacha²
Comparative níos bréagaí
Superlative is bréagaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

bréagach m (genitive singular bréagaigh, nominative plural bréagaigh)

  1. liar

Declension
Declension of bréagach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bréagach bréagaigh
Vocative a bhréagaigh a bhréagacha
Genitive bréagaigh bréagach
Dative bréagach bréagaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bréagach na bréagaigh
Genitive an bhréagaigh na mbréagach
Dative leis an mbréagach

don bhréagach

 leis na bréagaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bréagach bhréagach mbréagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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