brícléir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bricklayer, influenced in form by bríce (“brick”) and -éir.

Noun

brícléir m (genitive singular brícléara, nominative plural brícléirí)

1. bricklayer

Declension

Declension of brícléir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brícléir brícléirí vocative a bhrícléir a bhrícléirí genitive brícléara brícléirí dative brícléir brícléirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brícléir na brícléirí genitive an bhrícléara na mbrícléirí dative leis an mbrícléir don bhrícléir leis na brícléirí

Synonyms

• bríceadóir

Derived terms

• brícléireacht f (“(act of) bricklaying”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brícléir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brícléir	bhrícléir	mbrícléir

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) “brícléir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN