brabúsach
Irish
Etymology
From brabús (“profit; advantage”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
brabúsach (genitive singular masculine brabúsaigh, genitive singular feminine brabúsaí, plural brabúsacha, comparative brabúsaí)
Declension
Declension of brabúsach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | brabúsach | bhrabúsach | brabúsacha; bhrabúsacha² | |
| Vocative | bhrabúsaigh | brabúsacha | ||
| Genitive | brabúsaí | brabúsacha | brabúsach | |
| Dative | brabúsach; bhrabúsach¹ |
bhrabúsach; bhrabúsaigh (archaic) |
brabúsacha; bhrabúsacha² | |
| Comparative | níos brabúsaí | |||
| Superlative | is brabúsaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- éadálach
- gnóthachúil
Related terms
- brabúsacht f (“profitability”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brabúsach | bhrabúsach | mbrabúsach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "brabúsach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.