Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish collaidecht (“corporeality; carnality, sensuality”). By surface analysis, collaí + -acht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠiːxt/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠiəxt/
Noun
collaíocht f (genitive singular collaíochta)
- carnality, lust
- sexuality
Declension
Declension of collaíocht (second declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of collaíocht
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chollaíocht
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gcollaíocht
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “collaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “colnaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 170
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “collaidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language