Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English burglar, accommodated to the suffix -éir.
Noun
buirgléir m (genitive singular buirgléara, nominative plural buirgléirí)
- burglar
- Synonym: gadaí dreapadóireachta
Declension
Declension of buirgléir (third declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of buirgléir
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lenition
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eclipsis
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bhuirgléir
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mbuirgléir
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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) “buirgléir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buirgléir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “buirgléir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025