litearthacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish literdacht f (“booklearning, literature”), from literda (“literary, literal”, adjective). By surface analysis, liteartha (“literary; literate”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

litearthacht f (genitive singular litearthachta)

1. literariness
2. literacy

Declension

Declension of litearthacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an litearthacht Genitive na litearthachta Dative leis an litearthacht don litearthacht

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “literacy”): neamhlitearthacht

Further reading

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