Brasaíleach

Irish

Etymology

From an Bhrasaíl (“Brazil”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Brasaíleach (genitive singular masculine Brasaíligh, genitive singular feminine Brasaílí, plural Brasaíleacha, not comparable)

1. Brazilian

Declension

Declension of Brasaíleach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Brasaíleach	Bhrasaíleach	Brasaíleacha; Bhrasaíleacha2
vocative	Bhrasaíligh		Brasaíleacha
genitive		Brasaílí	Brasaíleacha	Brasaíleach
dative	Brasaíleach; Bhrasaíleach1	Bhrasaíleach; Bhrasaíligh (archaic)	Brasaíleacha; Bhrasaíleacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• cnó Brasaíleach m (“Brazil nut”)

Related terms

• An Bhrasaíl f (“Brazil”)
• Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle f (“Federative Republic of Brazil”)

Noun

Brasaíleach m (genitive singular Brasaíligh, nominative plural Brasaíligh)

1. Brazilian

Declension

Declension of Brasaíleach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Brasaíleach Brasaíligh vocative a Bhrasaíligh a Bhrasaíleacha genitive Brasaíligh Brasaíleach dative Brasaíleach Brasaíligh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Brasaíleach na Brasaíligh genitive an Bhrasaíligh na mBrasaíleach dative leis an mBrasaíleach don Bhrasaíleach leis na Brasaíligh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Brasaíleach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Brasaíleach	Bhrasaíleach	mBrasaíleach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Brasaíleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Brasaíleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Brasaíleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025