Irish
Etymology
From bréag- (“false”) + riocht (“form, shape, guise”).
Noun
bréagriocht f (genitive singular bréagriochta, nominative plural bréagriochtaí)
- disguise, masquerade
Declension
Declension of bréagriocht (third declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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bréagriocht
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bréagriochtaí
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| vocative
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a bhréagriocht
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a bhréagriochtaí
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| genitive
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bréagreachta
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bréagriochtaí
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| dative
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bréagriocht
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bréagriochtaí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of bréagriocht
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| bréagriocht
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bhréagriocht
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mbréagriocht
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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) “bréagriocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bréagriocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bréagriocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025