geanmnaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish genmnaidecht (“chastity, continence”), from genmnaide. By surface analysis, geanmnaí (“chaste, pure”, adjective) +‎ -acht.

Noun

geanmnaíocht f (genitive singular geanmnaíochta)

  1. (religion) purity, chastity, continence
    Antonym: mígheanmnaíocht

Declension

Declension of geanmnaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative geanmnaíocht
vocative a gheanmnaíocht
genitive geanmnaíochta
dative geanmnaíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gheanmnaíocht
genitive na geanmnaíochta
dative leis an ngeanmnaíocht
don gheanmnaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of geanmnaíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
geanmnaíocht gheanmnaíocht ngeanmnaíocht

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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