ísleacht

Irish

Etymology

From íseal (“low”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ísleacht f (genitive singular ísleachta, nominative plural ísleachtaí)

  1. lowness, lowliness
    Synonym: uirísle
  2. (geography) low-lying place; depression (in ground)

Declension

Declension of ísleacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ísleacht ísleachtaí
vocative a ísleacht a ísleachtaí
genitive ísleachta ísleachtaí
dative ísleacht ísleachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ísleacht na hísleachtaí
genitive na hísleachta na n-ísleachtaí
dative leis an ísleacht
don ísleacht 		leis na hísleachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ísleacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ísleacht n-ísleacht hísleacht not applicable

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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Further reading

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