cantaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cantairecht (“chant, act of chanting”), equivalent to cantaire (“chanter, chorister”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cantaireacht f (genitive singular cantaireachta)

  1. (act of) chanting, singing
  2. (act of) murmuring, complaining

Declension

Declension of cantaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cantaireacht
vocative a chantaireacht
genitive cantaireachta
dative cantaireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chantaireacht
genitive na cantaireachta
dative leis an gcantaireacht
don chantaireacht

Derived terms

  • cantaireacht eaglasta f (“plain-chant, plainsong”)
  • cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cantaireacht chantaireacht gcantaireacht

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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