breacaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From breacaire (“carver, engraver; quern-picker; engraving tool; scrivener, scribbler”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

breacaireacht f (genitive singular breacaireachta)

  1. variegation, checkering
  2. carving, engraving
  3. scribbling, doodling
  4. fair amount, smattering

Declension
Declension of breacaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative breacaireacht
Vocative a bhreacaireacht
Genitive breacaireachta
Dative breacaireacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bhreacaireacht
Genitive na breacaireachta
Dative leis an mbreacaireacht

don bhreacaireacht

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breacaireacht bhreacaireacht mbreacaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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