breathnóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• breathnadóireacht

Etymology

From breathnóir +‎ -acht.

Noun

breathnóireacht f (genitive singular breathnóireachta)

1. (act of) observing, looking around; observation

Declension

Declension of breathnóireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative breathnóireacht Vocative a bhreathnóireacht Genitive breathnóireachta Dative breathnóireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhreathnóireacht Genitive na breathnóireachta Dative leis an mbreathnóireacht don bhreathnóireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breathnóireacht	bhreathnóireacht	mbreathnóireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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