Béarlóireacht

Irish

FWOTD – 19 April 2017

Etymology

From Béarlóir (“English speaker”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲeːɾˠˈl̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠɔɾʲa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

Béarlóireacht f (genitive singular Béarlóireachta)

  1. (act of) speaking English

Declension

Declension of Béarlóireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Béarlóireacht
vocative a Bhéarlóireacht
genitive Béarlóireachta
dative Béarlóireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bhéarlóireacht
genitive na Béarlóireachta
dative leis an mBéarlóireacht
don Bhéarlóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of Béarlóireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
Béarlóireacht Bhéarlóireacht mBéarlóireacht

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

Further reading

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