bruachaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From bruachaire (“lounger; impudent person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

bruachaireacht f (genitive singular bruachaireachta)

1. (act of) lounging, hanging about
2. (especially politics) brinkmanship

Declension

Declension of bruachaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bruachaireacht Vocative a bhruachaireacht Genitive bruachaireachta Dative bruachaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhruachaireacht Genitive na bruachaireachta Dative leis an mbruachaireacht don bhruachaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bruachaireacht	bhruachaireacht	mbruachaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruachaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “bruachaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024