dreapaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From dreapaire (“climber”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲapˠəɾʲa(x)t̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

dreapaireacht f (genitive singular dreapaireachta)

  1. alternative form of dreapadóireacht (“(act of) climbing”)

Declension

Declension of dreapaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dreapaireacht
vocative a dhreapaireacht
genitive dreapaireachta
dative dreapaireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dreapaireacht
genitive na dreapaireachta
dative leis an dreapaireacht
don dreapaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreapaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
dreapaireacht dhreapaireacht ndreapaireacht

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Further reading

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