briotaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From briotaire (“lisping person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

briotaireacht f (genitive singular briotaireachta)

1. (act of) lisping; lisping speech

   Synonym: briotaíl

Declension

Declension of briotaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative briotaireacht vocative a bhriotaireacht genitive briotaireachta dative briotaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhriotaireacht genitive na briotaireachta dative leis an mbriotaireacht don bhriotaireacht

Related terms

• briotach
• briotaire
• briotóg

Mutation

Mutated forms of briotaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briotaireacht	bhriotaireacht	mbriotaireacht

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) “briotaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “briotaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025