croíbhriseadh
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom croí (“heart”) + briseadh (“(the act of) breaking; breakage”).
Noun
editcroíbhriseadh m (genitive singular croíbhriste)
- heartbreak, heartache, (emotional) devastation
- Synonyms: briseadh croí, crá croí
Declension
editDeclension of croíbhriseadh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
croíbhriseadh | chroíbhriseadh | gcroíbhriseadh |
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) “croíbhriseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “croíbhriseadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024