abhcóideacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• abhcóidíocht, adhbhacóideacht

Etymology

From Middle Irish abcóitecht, adbacóitecht f (“advocacy”), from abcóit(e) m (“advocate”). By surface analysis, abhcóide (“advocate, counsel”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abhcóideacht f (genitive singular abhcóideachta)

1. advocacy

Declension

Declension of abhcóideacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative abhcóideacht Vocative a abhcóideacht Genitive abhcóideachta Dative abhcóideacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an abhcóideacht Genitive na habhcóideachta Dative leis an abhcóideacht don abhcóideacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhcóideacht	n-abhcóideacht	habhcóideacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhcóideacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abcóitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhcóideacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abhcóideacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024