brusaire
Irish
editEtymology
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Noun
editbrusaire m (genitive singular brusaire, nominative plural brusairí)
- downy youth
- saucy person
- Alternative form of breabhsaire (“spruce, sprightly, person”)
Declension
editDeclension of brusaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- brusaireacht (“sauciness, cheek, impertinence, gall”)
Related terms
edit- brusanta (“saucy, impertinent”)
Mutation
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brusaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN