breacaire

Irish

Alternative forms
  • breacadóir m

Etymology

From breac (“speckle, dapple; mark with letters, figures; write; carve, engrave”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

breacaire m (genitive singular breacaire, nominative plural breacairí)

  1. carver, engraver
  2. quern-picker
  3. engraving tool
  4. scrivener, scribbler

Declension
Declension of breacaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative breacaire breacairí
Vocative a bhreacaire a bhreacairí
Genitive breacaire breacairí
Dative breacaire breacairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an breacaire na breacairí
Genitive an bhreacaire na mbreacairí
Dative leis an mbreacaire

don bhreacaire

 leis na breacairí

Derived terms
  • breacaire páipéir m (“scribbler, scrivener”)
  • breacaireacht f (“variegation, chequering; carving, engraving; scribbling; doodling; fair amount; smattering”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
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