seoltóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From seoltóir +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːl̪ˠt̪ˠaɾˠa(x)t̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to seoltóracht)

Noun

seoltóireacht f (genitive singular seoltóireachta)

  1. sailing
    Tá eolas ar sheoltóireacht aici.
    She knows how to sail.

Declension

Declension of seoltóireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative seoltóireacht
vocative a sheoltóireacht
genitive seoltóireachta
dative seoltóireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tseoltóireacht
genitive na seoltóireachta
dative leis an tseoltóireacht
don tseoltóireacht
  • seol (“sail”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seoltóireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
seoltóireacht sheoltóireacht
after an, tseoltóireacht 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “seoltóireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 222

Further reading

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