maolbhriste

Irish

Etymology

From maol (“bald, blunt, bare”) +‎ briste (“broken”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠeːl̪ˠˌvʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

Adjective

maolbhriste

1. partly broken, spent

Declension

Declension of maolbhriste

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	maolbhriste	mhaolbhriste	maolbhriste; mhaolbhriste2
vocative	mhaolbhriste		maolbhriste
genitive		maolbhriste	maolbhriste	maolbhriste
dative	maolbhriste; mhaolbhriste1	mhaolbhriste	maolbhriste; mhaolbhriste2
Comparative	níos maolbhriste
Superlative	is maolbhriste

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of maolbhriste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maolbhriste	mhaolbhriste	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “maol-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maolbhriste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN