dreapaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From dreapaire (“climber”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲapˠəɾʲa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

dreapaireacht f (genitive singular dreapaireachta)

1. Alternative form of dreapadóireacht (“(act of) climbing”)

Declension

Declension of dreapaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dreapaireacht Vocative a dhreapaireacht Genitive dreapaireachta Dative dreapaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dreapaireacht Genitive na dreapaireachta Dative leis an dreapaireacht don dreapaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreapaireacht	dhreapaireacht	ndreapaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreapadóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76