plucaireacht

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Irish

Etymology

From plucaire (“cheeky person”, from pluc (“cheek”)) +‎ -acht. Compare Scottish Gaelic plucaireachd.

Noun

plucaireacht f (genitive singular plucaireachta)

  1. impertinence, cheek

Declension

Declension of plucaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative plucaireacht
vocative a phlucaireacht
genitive plucaireachta
dative plucaireacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an phlucaireacht
genitive na plucaireachta
dative leis an bplucaireacht
don phlucaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of plucaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
plucaireacht phlucaireacht bplucaireacht

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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