coireacht

Irish

Etymology

From coir (“crime, offence; fault, transgression”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

coireacht f (genitive singular coireachta)

  1. wickedness, guiltiness

Declension

Declension of coireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coireacht
vocative a choireacht
genitive coireachta
dative coireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an choireacht
genitive na coireachta
dative leis an gcoireacht
don choireacht

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • coireach m (“offender, transgressor”)
  • coireach (“wicked, sinful; guilty”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
coireacht choireacht gcoireacht

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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