briotaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From briotaire (“lisping person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

briotaireacht f (genitive singular briotaireachta)

1. (act of) lisping; lisping speech

   Synonym: briotaíl

Declension

Declension of briotaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative briotaireacht Vocative a bhriotaireacht Genitive briotaireachta Dative briotaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhriotaireacht Genitive na briotaireachta Dative leis an mbriotaireacht don bhriotaireacht

Related terms

• briotach
• briotaire
• briotóg

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briotaireacht	bhriotaireacht	mbriotaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briotaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “briotaireacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.