breathnóir
Irish
Etymology 1
From breathnaigh + -óir.
Noun
breathnóir m (genitive singular breathnóra, nominative plural breathnóirí)
Declension
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Alternative forms
Derived terms
- breathnóireacht (“(act of) observing, looking around; observation”)
Etymology 2
Verb
breathnóir
- (literary, dialectal) second-person singular future of breathnaigh
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| breathnóir | bhreathnóir | mbreathnóir |
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) “breathnóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN