cluasaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cluasaí (“listener”) (itself from cluas (“ear”)) + -íocht.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˌkl̪ˠuəˈsˠiː(ə̯)xt̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

cluasaíocht f (genitive singular cluasaíochta)

  1. (act of) listening attentively or furtively
  2. eavesdropping

Declension

Declension of cluasaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cluasaíocht
vocative a chluasaíocht
genitive cluasaíochta
dative cluasaíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chluasaíocht
genitive na cluasaíochta
dative leis an gcluasaíocht
don chluasaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluasaíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
cluasaíocht chluasaíocht gcluasaíocht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cluasaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 210; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ “cluasaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 269, page 135

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