bobaireacht

bobaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From bobaire +‎ -acht

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔbˠəɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔbˠəɾʲaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

bobaireacht f (genitive singular bobaireachta)

1. trickery (underhanded behavior)

Declension

Declension of bobaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bobaireacht Vocative a bhobaireacht Genitive bobaireachta Dative bobaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhobaireacht Genitive na bobaireachta Dative leis an mbobaireacht don bhobaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bobaireacht	bhobaireacht	mbobaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bobaireacht” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• "bobaireacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.