brabúsach

Irish

Etymology

From brabús (“profit; advantage”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

brabúsach (genitive singular masculine brabúsaigh, genitive singular feminine brabúsaí, plural brabúsacha, comparative brabúsaí)

profitable, lucrative

Declension

Declension of brabúsach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	brabúsach	bhrabúsach	brabúsacha; bhrabúsacha²
Vocative	bhrabúsaigh	bhrabúsach	brabúsacha
Genitive	bhrabúsaigh	brabúsaí	brabúsacha	brabúsach
Dative	brabúsach; bhrabúsach¹	bhrabúsach; bhrabúsaigh (archaic)	brabúsacha; bhrabúsacha²
Comparative	níos brabúsaí
Superlative	is brabúsaí

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

Synonyms

éadálach
gnóthachúil

Related terms

brabúsacht f (“profitability”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brabúsach	bhrabúsach	mbrabúsach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"brabúsach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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