breacaire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • breacadóir m

Etymology

From breac (“speckle, dapple; mark with letters, figures; write; carve, engrave”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

breacaire m (genitive singular breacaire, nominative plural breacairí)

  1. carver, engraver
  2. quern-picker
  3. engraving tool
  4. scrivener, scribbler

Declension

Declension of breacaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative breacaire breacairí
vocative a bhreacaire a bhreacairí
genitive breacaire breacairí
dative breacaire breacairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an breacaire na breacairí
genitive an bhreacaire na mbreacairí
dative leis an mbreacaire
don bhreacaire 		leis na breacairí

Derived terms

  • breacaire páipéir m (“scribbler, scrivener”)
  • breacaireacht f (“variegation, chequering; carving, engraving; scribbling; doodling; fair amount; smattering”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of breacaire
radical lenition eclipsis
breacaire bhreacaire mbreacaire

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

References

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