bleachtaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From bleachtaire (“detective”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

bleachtaireacht f (genitive singular bleachtaireachta)

1. detection; (act of) detecting

Declension

Declension of bleachtaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bleachtaireacht vocative a bhleachtaireacht genitive bleachtaireachta dative bleachtaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhleachtaireacht genitive na bleachtaireachta dative leis an mbleachtaireacht don bhleachtaireacht

Synonyms

• lorgaireacht

Derived terms

• scéal bleachtaireachta (“detective story”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bleachtaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bleachtaireacht	bhleachtaireacht	mbleachtaireacht

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleachtaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN