breathnóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• breathnadóireacht

Etymology

From breathnóir +‎ -acht.

Noun

breathnóireacht f (genitive singular breathnóireachta)

1. (act of) observing, looking around; observation

Declension

Declension of breathnóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative breathnóireacht vocative a bhreathnóireacht genitive breathnóireachta dative breathnóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhreathnóireacht genitive na breathnóireachta dative leis an mbreathnóireacht don bhreathnóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of breathnóireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breathnóireacht	bhreathnóireacht	mbreathnóireacht

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

Further reading

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