breacaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From breacaire (“carver, engraver; quern-picker; engraving tool; scrivener, scribbler”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

breacaireacht f (genitive singular breacaireachta)

  1. variegation, checkering
  2. carving, engraving
  3. scribbling, doodling
  4. fair amount, smattering

Declension

Declension of breacaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative breacaireacht
vocative a bhreacaireacht
genitive breacaireachta
dative breacaireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhreacaireacht
genitive na breacaireachta
dative leis an mbreacaireacht
don bhreacaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of breacaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
breacaireacht bhreacaireacht mbreacaireacht

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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