brathadóir
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From braith (“betray”, verb) + -adóir.
Noun
[edit]brathadóir m (genitive singular brathadóra, nominative plural brathadóirí)
- betrayer
- Synonym: Iúdás
- spy, informer
- (physics) detector
- (colloquial) pointed finger, index-finger
Declension
[edit]Declension of brathadóir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- brathadóir aonocsaíd charbóin m (“carbon monoxide detector”)
- brathadóir éithigh m (“lie detector”)
- brathadóir gáis m (“gas detector”)
- brathadóir gluaiseachta m (“motion detector”)
- brathadóir miotail m (“metal detector”)
- brathadóir seismeach m (“seismic detector”)
- brathadóireacht f (“(act of) betraying, betrayal; detection”)
- taisbhrathadóir m (“moisture detector”)
- tonnbhrathadóir m (“wave-detector”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brathadóir | bhrathadóir | mbrathadóir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brathadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brathadóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “brathadóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024