gluaiseacht

Irish

Etymology

From gluais +‎ -eacht. Compare Old Irish glúasacht.

Noun

gluaiseacht f (genitive singular gluaiseachta, nominative plural gluaiseachtaí)

  1. verbal noun of gluais (“move”)
    Synonym: gluais
  2. movement
    1. motion
    2. impulse
    3. rhythm
    4. (politics) organized movement
    5. (music) movement
  3. passage
  4. power

Declension

Declension of gluaiseacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gluaiseacht gluaiseachtaí
vocative a ghluaiseacht a ghluaiseachtaí
genitive gluaiseachta gluaiseachtaí
dative gluaiseacht gluaiseachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghluaiseacht na gluaiseachtaí
genitive na gluaiseachta na ngluaiseachtaí
dative leis an ngluaiseacht
don ghluaiseacht 		leis na gluaiseachtaí

Derived terms

  • gluaiseacht bheartaithe (“set play”)
  • gluaiseacht chogaíochta (“war machine”)
  • gluaiseacht éacúiméineach (“ecumenical movement”)
  • gluaiseacht faoi choim (“the underground”)
  • gluaiseacht ilchríochach (“continental drift”)
  • gluaiseacht na mban (“women's movement”)
  • gluaiseacht na saoirse (“liberation movement”)
  • gluaiseacht phionsúir (“pincer movement”)
  • gluaiseacht síochána (“peace movement”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gluaiseacht
radical lenition eclipsis
gluaiseacht ghluaiseacht ngluaiseacht

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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