Irish
Etymology
From foghraigh (“sound, pronounce”) + -acht.
Noun
foghraíocht f (genitive singular foghraíochta, nominative plural foghraíochtaí)
- (linguistics) phonetics
- pronunciation
Declension
Declension of foghraíocht (third declension)
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Derived terms
- foghraíocht éisteachta (“auditory phonetics”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of foghraíocht
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lenition
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eclipsis
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fhoghraíocht
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bhfoghraíocht
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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) “foghraíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foghraíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “foghraíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025