iarracht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • iaracht, íaracht, iarrachd, íarracht (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From iarr +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

Noun

iarracht f (genitive singular iarrachta, nominative plural iarrachtaí)

  1. attempt, effort, endeavor
    Synonym: ionsaí

Declension

Declension of iarracht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iarracht iarrachtaí
vocative a iarracht a iarrachtaí
genitive iarrachta iarrachtaí
dative iarracht iarrachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an iarracht na hiarrachtaí
genitive na hiarrachta na n-iarrachtaí
dative leis an iarracht
don iarracht 		leis na hiarrachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of iarracht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iarracht n-iarracht hiarracht not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “iarracht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 140
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 349
  4. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 406.7, page 96

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