abhlóireacht
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish oblóirecht f (“jugglery”), from oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler, rhymester; the tenth or lowest class of poet”). By surface analysis, abhlóir (“buffoon, fool; boor; confused, bewildered, person”) + -acht.
Noun[edit]
abhlóireacht f (genitive singular abhlóireachta)
- (act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery
Declension[edit]
Declension of abhlóireacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abhlóireacht | n-abhlóireacht | habhlóireacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhlóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oblóirecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “abhlóireacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.