alpaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • alpaíl f

Etymology

From alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

alpaireacht f (genitive singular alpaireachta)

  1. (act of) bolting food; voracious eating
  2. (act of) grabbing

Declension

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpaireacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alpaireacht n-alpaireacht halpaireacht 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

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