filíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish filidecht (“poetry, divination”), from Old Irish filedacht.[1] By surface analysis, file +‎ -íocht

Pronunciation

Noun

filíocht f (genitive singular filíochta)

  1. poetry

Declension

Declension of filíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative filíocht
vocative a fhilíocht
genitive filíochta
dative filíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhilíocht
genitive na filíochta
dative leis an bhfilíocht
don fhilíocht

Synonyms

  • dánta

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of filíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
filíocht fhilíocht bhfilíocht

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “filidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111

Further reading

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