bréagach

Irish

Etymology

From bréag (“a lie”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiaɡəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡa(h)/

Adjective

bréagach (genitive singular masculine bréagaigh, genitive singular feminine bréagaí, plural bréagacha, comparative bréagaí)

1. lying, false

Declension

Declension of bréagach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bréagach	bhréagach	bréagacha; bhréagacha²
Vocative	bhréagaigh		bréagacha
Genitive		bréagaí	bréagacha	bréagach
Dative	bréagach; bhréagach¹	bhréagach; bhréagaigh (archaic)	bréagacha; bhréagacha²
Comparative	níos bréagaí
Superlative	is bréagaí

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

Noun

bréagach m (genitive singular bréagaigh, nominative plural bréagaigh)

1. liar

Declension

Declension of bréagach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bréagach bréagaigh Vocative a bhréagaigh a bhréagacha Genitive bréagaigh bréagach Dative bréagach bréagaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bréagach na bréagaigh Genitive an bhréagaigh na mbréagach Dative leis an mbréagach don bhréagach leis na bréagaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bréagach	bhréagach	mbréagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bréagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
• “bréagach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024