coraíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caraíocht[1]
  • caraidheacht, coraidheacht (superseded)
  • caraigheachd, caraigheacht, carraidheacht, caruidheacht, caruigheacht, coraigheacht, coraighiocht, coruidheacht, coruigheacht, coruíocht (obsolete)[2]

Etymology

From Middle Irish córadacht, curadacht.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑɾˠiəxt̪ˠ/[4] (corresponding to the form caraíocht)

Noun

coraíocht f (genitive singular coraíochta)

  1. wrestling (sport)
  2. (act of) struggling, wrestling
  3. (obsolete) prowess

Declension

Declension of coraíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coraíocht
vocative a choraíocht
genitive coraíochta
dative coraíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an choraíocht
genitive na coraíochta
dative leis an gcoraíocht
don choraíocht

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of coraíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
coraíocht choraíocht gcoraíocht

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caraíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. ^ “coraíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coradacht, coraidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 147

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