abhlóireacht

== Irish == === Alternative forms === amhlóireacht === Etymology === From Old Irish oblóirecht f (“jugglery”), from oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler, rhymester; the tenth or lowest class of poet”). By surface analysis, abhlóir (“buffoon, fool; boor; confused, bewildered, person”) +‎ -acht. === Noun === abhlóireacht f (genitive singular abhlóireachta) (act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “abhlóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oblóirecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “abhlóireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm