breosla

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

breosla m (genitive singular breosla, nominative plural breoslaí)

1. fuel

Declension

Declension of breosla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative breosla breoslaí Vocative a bhreosla a bhreoslaí Genitive breosla breoslaí Dative breosla breoslaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an breosla na breoslaí Genitive an bhreosla na mbreoslaí Dative leis an mbreosla don bhreosla leis na breoslaí

Derived terms

• bithbhreosla (“biofuel”)
• breoslaigh (“fuel”, verb)
• ola bhreosla (“fuel oil”)
• stáisiún breosla (“filling station, gas station, fuelling station”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breosla	bhreosla	mbreosla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breosla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN