brusaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From brusaire (“downy youth; saucy person”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

brusaireacht f (genitive singular brusaireachta)

1. sauciness

   Synonyms: deiliús, giodal, ladús, pastaireacht, soibealtacht, táthaireacht

2. cheek

   Synonyms: braobaireacht, pastaireacht, táthaireacht

3. impertinence, gall

   Synonyms: cocaireacht, dosaireacht, dradaireacht, pastaireacht, plucaireacht, smuigíneacht, tagracht, teallaireacht, táthaireacht

Declension

Declension of brusaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative brusaireacht vocative a bhrusaireacht genitive brusaireachta dative brusaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhrusaireacht genitive na brusaireachta dative leis an mbrusaireacht don bhrusaireacht

Related terms

• brusanta (“saucy, impertinent”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brusaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brusaireacht	bhrusaireacht	mbrusaireacht

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