liostacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish listacht (“tediousness, importunity, listlessness, sloth”). By surface analysis, liosta (“tedious, tiresome”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

liostacht f (genitive singular liostachta)

1. tediousness, tiresomeness
2. persistence, importunity

Declension

Declension of liostacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an liostacht Genitive na liostachta Dative leis an liostacht don liostacht

Related terms

• liostachán m (“tiresome, importunate, person”)
• liostachas m (“listlessness, languidness; lingering illness”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liostacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “listacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language