aimlíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • aimilidheacht (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From aimlithe (“wretched”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

aimlíocht f (genitive singular aimlíochta)

  1. wretchedness

Declension

Declension of aimlíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aimlíocht
vocative a aimlíocht
genitive aimlíochta
dative aimlíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aimlíocht
genitive na haimlíochta
dative leis an aimlíocht
don aimlíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimlíocht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimlíocht n-aimlíocht haimlíocht 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. ^ “aimilidheacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 249, page 125

Further reading

  • “aimlíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aimiliḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 16; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimlíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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