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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breacaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN