brusaire

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brusaire m (genitive singular brusaire, nominative plural brusairí)

  1. downy youth
  2. saucy person
  3. alternative form of breabhsaire (“spruce, sprightly, person”)

Declension

Declension of brusaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative brusaire brusairí
vocative a bhrusaire a bhrusairí
genitive brusaire brusairí
dative brusaire brusairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an brusaire na brusairí
genitive an bhrusaire na mbrusairí
dative leis an mbrusaire
don bhrusaire 		leis na brusairí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of brusaire
radical lenition eclipsis
brusaire bhrusaire mbrusaire

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

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