Béarlóireacht
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Béarlóir (“English speaker”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲeːɾˠˈl̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠɔɾʲa(h)t̪ˠ/
Noun
[edit]Béarlóireacht f (genitive singular Béarlóireachta)
- (act of) speaking English
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Béarlóireacht | Bhéarlóireacht | mBéarlóireacht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Béarlóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN