fostaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From fostaigh (hire, employ) +‎ -acht.

Noun

fostaíocht f (genitive singular fostaíochta)

  1. employment
  2. livery (care of horses)

Declension

Declension of fostaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fostaíocht
vocative a fhostaíocht
genitive fostaíochta
dative fostaíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhostaíocht
genitive na fostaíochta
dative leis an bhfostaíocht
don fhostaíocht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fostaíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
fostaíocht fhostaíocht bhfostaíocht

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

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