collaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• colnaidheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish collaidecht (“corporeality; carnality, sensuality”); synchronically, collaí +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl̪ˠiːxt], [ˈkɔl̪ˠiəxt]

Noun

collaíocht f (genitive singular collaíochta)

1. carnality, lust
2. sexuality

Declension

Declension of collaíocht

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative collaíocht Vocative a chollaíocht Genitive collaíochta Dative collaíocht

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chollaíocht Genitive na collaíochta Dative leis an gcollaíocht don chollaíocht

References

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