breacaire
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From breac (“speckle, dapple; mark with letters, figures; write; carve, engrave”) + -aire (agent suffix).
Noun
[edit]breacaire m (genitive singular breacaire, nominative plural breacairí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of breacaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- breacaire páipéir m (“scribbler, scrivener”)
- breacaireacht f (“variegation, chequering; carving, engraving; scribbling; doodling; fair amount; smattering”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breacaire | bhreacaire | mbreacaire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breacaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN