brusaire

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brusaire m (genitive singular brusaire, nominative plural brusairí)

1. downy youth
2. saucy person
3. Alternative form of breabhsaire (“spruce, sprightly, person”)

Declension

Declension of brusaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative brusaire brusairí Vocative a bhrusaire a bhrusairí Genitive brusaire brusairí Dative brusaire brusairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an brusaire na brusairí Genitive an bhrusaire na mbrusairí Dative leis an mbrusaire don bhrusaire leis na brusairí

Derived terms

• brusaireacht (“sauciness, cheek, impertinence, gall”)

Related terms

• brusanta (“saucy, impertinent”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brusaire	bhrusaire	mbrusaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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