eisceacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • éisceacht
  • eisgeacht, uisgeacht (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From eisc (“to excise, except”) +‎ -eacht.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /əʃˈcaxt̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeʃcəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeʃca(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

eisceacht f (genitive singular eisceachta, nominative plural eisceachtaí)

  1. exception

Declension

Declension of eisceacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative eisceacht eisceachtaí
vocative a eisceacht a eisceachtaí
genitive eisceachta eisceachtaí
dative eisceacht eisceachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an eisceacht na heisceachtaí
genitive na heisceachta na n-eisceachtaí
dative leis an eisceacht
don eisceacht 		leis na heisceachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eisceacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eisceacht n-eisceacht heisceacht not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “eisceacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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