bríbhéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bríbéirecht, from bríbéir (“brewer”), from Middle English brewere. By surface analysis, bríbhéir +‎ -acht.

Noun

bríbhéireacht f (genitive singular bríbhéireachta)

1. brewing

   Synonym: grúdaireacht

Declension

Declension of bríbhéireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bríbhéireacht Vocative a bhríbhéireacht Genitive bríbhéireachta Dative bríbhéireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhríbhéireacht Genitive na bríbhéireachta Dative leis an mbríbhéireacht don bhríbhéireacht

Derived terms

• giosta bríbhéireachta (“brewer's yeast”)

Related terms

• grúdaigh (“brew”, verb)
• grúdlann f (“brewery”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bríbhéireacht	bhríbhéireacht	mbríbhéireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bríbhéireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bríbéirecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language