brionglóideach

Irish

Etymology

From brionglóid (“dream”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

brionglóideach (genitive singular masculine brionglóidigh, genitive singular feminine brionglóidí, plural brionglóideacha, comparative brionglóidí)

1. dreamy
   1. hallucinatory (relating to or resembling hallucination)
2. abstracted

Declension

Declension of brionglóideach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	brionglóideach	bhrionglóideach	brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha²
Vocative	bhrionglóidigh		brionglóideacha
Genitive		brionglóidí	brionglóideacha	brionglóideach
Dative	brionglóideach; bhrionglóideach¹	bhrionglóideach; bhrionglóidigh (archaic)	brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha²
Comparative	níos brionglóidí
Superlative	is brionglóidí

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

Noun

brionglóideach f (genitive singular brionglóidí)

1. (act of) dreaming; dream
2. reverie, abstraction

Declension

Declension of brionglóideach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brionglóideach Vocative a bhrionglóideach Genitive brionglóidí Dative brionglóideach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhrionglóideach Genitive na brionglóidí Dative leis an mbrionglóideach don bhrionglóideach

Related terms

• brionglóidíocht (“dreaming”, noun)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brionglóideach	bhrionglóideach	mbrionglóideach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brionglóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brionglóideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “brionglóideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024