breacaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• breacadóir m

Etymology

From breac (“speckle, dapple; mark with letters, figures; write; carve, engrave”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

breacaire m (genitive singular breacaire, nominative plural breacairí)

1. carver, engraver
2. quern-picker
3. engraving tool
4. scrivener, scribbler

Declension

Declension of breacaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breacaire breacairí vocative a bhreacaire a bhreacairí genitive breacaire breacairí dative breacaire breacairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an breacaire na breacairí genitive an bhreacaire na mbreacairí dative leis an mbreacaire don bhreacaire leis na breacairí

Derived terms

• breacaire páipéir m (“scribbler, scrivener”)
• breacaireacht f (“variegation, chequering; carving, engraving; scribbling; doodling; fair amount; smattering”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of breacaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breacaire	bhreacaire	mbreacaire

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