reacaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From reacaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

reacaireacht f (genitive singular reacaireachta)

  1. (music) recitative
  2. declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing
  3. declamation, narration, recitation, performance

Declension

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

Synonyms

  • reic (“recite, narrate”)

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reacaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “narration”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “recitation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “recitative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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