buirgléir

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English burglar, accommodated to the suffix -éir.

Noun

buirgléir m (genitive singular buirgléara, nominative plural buirgléirí)

  1. burglar
    Synonym: gadaí dreapadóireachta

Declension

Declension of buirgléir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buirgléir buirgléirí
vocative a bhuirgléir a bhuirgléirí
genitive buirgléara buirgléirí
dative buirgléir buirgléirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an buirgléir na buirgléirí
genitive an bhuirgléara na mbuirgléirí
dative leis an mbuirgléir
don bhuirgléir
leis na buirgléirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of buirgléir
radical lenition eclipsis
buirgléir bhuirgléir mbuirgléir

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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