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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English burglar, accommodated to the suffix -éir.
Noun
buirgléir m (genitive singular buirgléara, nominative plural buirgléirí)
- burglar
- Synonym: gadaí dreapadóireachta
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buirgléir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buirgléir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “buirgléir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024