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breá
breá
See also: brea
Irish
Alternative forms
- breagh (obsolete)
- breágh (obsolete)
- breaghdha (obsolete)
- breághdha (obsolete)
Adjective
breá (genitive singular feminine breátha, plural breátha, comparative breátha or breácha)
Usage notes
Takes the adverbial construction go breá when used predicatively after a form of bí:
- Tá an lá go breá. ― The day is fine.
Declension
Declension of breá
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | breá | bhreá | breátha; bhreátha² |
|
| Vocative | bhreá | breátha | ||
| Genitive | breátha | breátha | breá | |
| Dative | breá; bhreá¹ |
bhreá | breátha; bhreátha² |
|
| Comparative | níos breátha | |||
| Superlative | is breátha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: breácha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- breáthacht f (“beauty, excellence; delight”)
- is breá le
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breá | bhreá | mbreá |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "breá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 bregda” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.