bríbhéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bríbéirecht, from bríbéir (“brewer”), from Middle English brewere. By surface analysis, bríbhéir +‎ -acht.

Noun

bríbhéireacht f (genitive singular bríbhéireachta)

1. brewing

   Synonym: grúdaireacht

Declension

Declension of bríbhéireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bríbhéireacht vocative a bhríbhéireacht genitive bríbhéireachta dative bríbhéireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhríbhéireacht genitive na bríbhéireachta dative leis an mbríbhéireacht don bhríbhéireacht

Derived terms

• giosta bríbhéireachta (“brewer's yeast”)

Related terms

• grúdaigh (“brew”, verb)
• grúdlann f (“brewery”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bríbhéireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bríbhéireacht	bhríbhéireacht	mbríbhéireacht

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) “bríbhéireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bríbéirecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language