bruasach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bruasach. By surface analysis, bruas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bruasach (genitive singular masculine bruasaigh, genitive singular feminine bruasaí, plural bruasacha, comparative bruasaí)

  1. thick-lipped

Declension

Declension of bruasach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bruasach bhruasach bruasacha;
bhruasacha2
vocative bhruasaigh bruasacha
genitive bruasaí bruasacha bruasach
dative bruasach;
bhruasach1 		bhruasach;
bhruasaigh (archaic) 		bruasacha;
bhruasacha2
Comparative níos bruasaí
Superlative is bruasaí

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

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