diongbháilteacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• diongmháltacht

Etymology

From diongbháilte (“worthy, fitting; firm, steadfast; constant, stable; fixed, secure; confirmed, positive; well-set, solid; self-assured, cocky”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

diongbháilteacht f (genitive singular diongbháilteachta, uncountable)

1. worthiness, merit
2. firmness, steadfastness; constancy, stability

   Synonym: seasmhacht

3. positiveness, decisiveness
4. staunchness, solidity
5. cocksureness

Declension

Declension of diongbháilteacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative diongbháilteacht vocative a dhiongbháilteacht genitive diongbháilteachta dative diongbháilteacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an diongbháilteacht genitive na diongbháilteachta dative leis an diongbháilteacht don diongbháilteacht

Derived terms

• neamhdhiongbháilteacht f (“insecurity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diongbháilteacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diongbháilteacht	dhiongbháilteacht	ndiongbháilteacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “diongbháilteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “diongbháilteacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “diongbháilteacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026