alcaileacht

Irish

Etymology

From alcaile (“alkali”, noun) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

alcaileacht f (genitive singular alcaileachta)

1. (chemistry) alkalinity

Declension

Declension of alcaileacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an alcaileacht Genitive na halcaileachta Dative leis an alcaileacht don alcaileacht

Related terms

• alcaileach (“alkaline”, adjective)

Mutation

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