bolscaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• bolsaireacht

Etymology

From bolscaire (“herald; crier; announcer; booster, publicist; ranter, blusterer; propagandist; blubberer”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

bolscaireacht f (genitive singular bolscaireachta)

1. (act of) announcing
2. publicity; propaganda

Declension

Declension of bolscaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bolscaireacht Vocative a bholscaireacht Genitive bolscaireachta Dative bolscaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bholscaireacht Genitive na bolscaireachta Dative leis an mbolscaireacht don bholscaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bolscaireacht	bholscaireacht	mbolscaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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