brusaireacht
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom brusaire (“downy youth; saucy person”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Noun
editbrusaireacht f (genitive singular brusaireachta)
- sauciness
- Synonyms: deiliús, giodal, ladús, pastaireacht, soibealtacht, táthaireacht
- cheek
- Synonyms: braobaireacht, pastaireacht, táthaireacht
- impertinence, gall
- Synonyms: cocaireacht, dosaireacht, dradaireacht, pastaireacht, plucaireacht, smuigíneacht, tagracht, teallaireacht, táthaireacht
Declension
editDeclension of brusaireacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
edit- brusanta (“saucy, impertinent”, adjective)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brusaireacht | bhrusaireacht | mbrusaireacht |
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) “brusaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN