éisteacht
Irish
Alternative forms
- éisteach m
- éisteachán m
Etymology
From Old Irish étsecht, éstecht (“hearing, the act or faculty of hearing; listening, hearkening”), verbal noun of éistid, éitsid (“listens, hearkens, attends”, verb).
Pronunciation
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Noun
éisteacht f or m (genitive singular éisteachta)
Declension
Declension of éisteacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- néaróg éisteachta f (“auditory nerve”)
Related terms
- éisteach (“attentive, heedful”, adj)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éisteacht | n-éisteacht | héisteacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éisteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étsecht, éstecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language