breathnóireacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From breathnóir +‎ -acht.

Noun

breathnóireacht f (genitive singular breathnóireachta)

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

Declension

Declension of breathnóireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative breathnóireacht
vocative a bhreathnóireacht
genitive breathnóireachta
dative breathnóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of breathnóireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
breathnóireacht bhreathnóireacht mbreathnóireacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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