bleachtaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From bleachtaire (“detective”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

bleachtaireacht f (genitive singular bleachtaireachta)

1. detection; (act of) detecting

Declension

Declension of bleachtaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bleachtaireacht Vocative a bhleachtaireacht Genitive bleachtaireachta Dative bleachtaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhleachtaireacht Genitive na bleachtaireachta Dative leis an mbleachtaireacht don bhleachtaireacht

Synonyms

• lorgaireacht

Derived terms

• scéal bleachtaireachta (“detective story”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bleachtaireacht	bhleachtaireacht	mbleachtaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleachtaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN