leanbaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • leanbacht
  • leanbánacht
  • leanbántacht
  • leanbhaíocht

Etymology

From Old Irish lenbaidecht f (“childishness; childish pursuits, childish play”), from lenbaide (“childish, puerile”, adjective). By surface analysis, leanbaí (“childlike, innocent; childish, infantile; puerile; doting”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

leanbaíocht f (genitive singular leanbaíochta)

  1. childhood
  2. childishness
    1. puerility
    2. dotage
    3. (ag ~) acting childishly; doting

Declension

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

References

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