breacaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• breacadóireacht

Etymology

From breacaire (“carver, engraver; quern-picker; engraving tool; scrivener, scribbler”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

breacaireacht f (genitive singular breacaireachta)

1. variegation, checkering
2. carving, engraving
3. scribbling, doodling
4. fair amount, smattering

Declension

Declension of breacaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative breacaireacht vocative a bhreacaireacht genitive breacaireachta dative breacaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhreacaireacht genitive na breacaireachta dative leis an mbreacaireacht don bhreacaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of breacaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breacaireacht	bhreacaireacht	mbreacaireacht

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