-íocht

See also: iocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • -aíocht (after a broad consonant)
  • -idheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From + -acht.

Suffix

-íocht f

  1. suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives

Usage notes

Rarely added to monomorphemic adjectives, more commonly to adjectives ending in -ánta.[1]

Declension

Declension of -íocht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative -íocht -íochtaí
vocative a -íocht a -íochtaí
genitive -íochta -íochtaí
dative -íocht -íochtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an -íocht na -íochtaí
genitive na -íochta na -íochtaí
dative leis an -íocht
don -íocht
leis na -íochtaí

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Doyle, Aidan (1992) Noun Derivation in Modern Irish: Selected Categories, Rules and Suffixes, Lublin: Redakcja Wydawnictw Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, →ISBN, § 2.1.7, pages 40–43