brusaire

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brusaire m (genitive singular brusaire, nominative plural brusairí)

1. downy youth
2. saucy person
3. Alternative form of breabhsaire (“spruce, sprightly, person”)

Declension

Declension of brusaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brusaire brusairí vocative a bhrusaire a bhrusairí genitive brusaire brusairí dative brusaire brusairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brusaire na brusairí genitive an bhrusaire na mbrusairí dative leis an mbrusaire don bhrusaire leis na brusairí

Derived terms

• brusaireacht (“sauciness, cheek, impertinence, gall”)

Related terms

• brusanta (“saucy, impertinent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brusaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brusaire	bhrusaire	mbrusaire

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