mífhaisnéis

Irish

Etymology

From mí- +‎ faisnéis.

Noun

mífhaisnéis f (genitive singular mífhaisnéise, nominative plural mífhaisnéisí)

1. misinformation
2. misrepresentation

   Synonym: bréagléiriú

Declension

Declension of mífhaisnéis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mífhaisnéis mífhaisnéisí vocative a mhífhaisnéis a mhífhaisnéisí genitive mífhaisnéise mífhaisnéisí dative mífhaisnéis mífhaisnéisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhífhaisnéis na mífhaisnéisí genitive na mífhaisnéise na mífhaisnéisí dative leis an mífhaisnéis don mhífhaisnéis leis na mífhaisnéisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mífhaisnéis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mífhaisnéis	mhífhaisnéis	not applicable

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) “mífhaisnéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mífhaisnéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mífhaisnéis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024