brígmar

Old Irish

Etymology

bríg + -mar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲrʲiːɣṽar/

Adjective

brígmar

  1. powerful

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brígmar brígmar brígmar
Vocative brígmair*
brígmar**
Accusative brígmar brígmair
Genitive brígmair brígmaire brígmair
Dative brígmar brígmair brígmar
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative brígmair brígmara
Vocative brígmaru
brígmara
Accusative brígmaru
brígmara
Genitive brígmar
Dative brígmaraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
brígmar brígmar
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbrígmar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • brígmar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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