croíbhriseadh

Irish

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ briseadh (“(the act of) breaking; breakage”).

Noun

croíbhriseadh m (genitive singular croíbhriste)

1. heartbreak, heartache, (emotional) devastation

   Synonyms: briseadh croí, crá croí, leá croí, maidhm chroí

Declension

Declension of croíbhriseadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative croíbhriseadh Vocative a chroíbhriseadh Genitive croíbhriste Dative croíbhriseadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an croíbhriseadh Genitive an chroíbhriste Dative leis an gcroíbhriseadh don chroíbhriseadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croíbhriseadh	chroíbhriseadh	gcroíbhriseadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croíbhriseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “croíbhriseadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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