oirbheartaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From oirbheart (“tactic”).

Noun

oirbheartaíocht f (genitive singular oirbheartaíochta)

1. (military) tactics

   Synonym: teaicticí

Declension

Declension of oirbheartaíocht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an oirbheartaíocht Genitive na hoirbheartaíochta Dative leis an oirbheartaíocht don oirbheartaíocht

Related terms

• oirbheartach (“practised, dexterous, accomplished; skilful, ingenious; full of prowess, valiant, manly; mature; pubescent”, adjective)
• oirbheartas m (“prowess; predominance, control, power”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oirbheartaíocht	n-oirbheartaíocht	hoirbheartaíocht	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) “oirbheartaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “tactic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024