Irish
Etymology
From fostaigh (“hire, employ”) + -acht.
Noun
fostaíocht f (genitive singular fostaíochta)
- employment
- livery (care of horses)
Declension
Declension of fostaíocht (third declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of fostaíocht
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| fostaíocht
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fhostaíocht
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bhfostaíocht
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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) “fostaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fostaíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fostaíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025