bleachtaire

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bleachtaire m (genitive singular bleachtaire, nominative plural bleachtairí)

1. detective

Declension

Declension of bleachtaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bleachtaire bleachtairí Vocative a bhleachtaire a bhleachtairí Genitive bleachtaire bleachtairí Dative bleachtaire bleachtairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bleachtaire na bleachtairí Genitive an bhleachtaire na mbleachtairí Dative leis an mbleachtaire don bhleachtaire leis na bleachtairí

Synonyms

• lorgaire

Derived terms

• bleachtaireacht f (“detection; (act of) detecting”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bleachtaire	bhleachtaire	mbleachtaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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