bródúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bród +‎ -úil

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠoːˈd̪ˠuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːd̪ˠuːlʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɔːd̪ˠulʲ/

Adjective

bródúil (genitive singular feminine bródúla, plural bródúla, comparative bródúla)

  1. proud (+ as (“of”))

Declension

Declension of bródúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bródúil bhródúil bródúla;
bhródúla2
vocative bhródúil bródúla
genitive bródúla bródúla bródúil
dative bródúil;
bhródúil1 		bhródúil bródúla;
bhródúla2
Comparative níos bródúla
Superlative is bródúla

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 bródúil
radical lenition eclipsis
bródúil bhródúil mbródúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “bródúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 74, line 41

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