iargúltacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• iargúlacht
• iargcúlacht, iargcúltacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From iargúlta +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈjiəɾˠəɡuːl̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)t/

Noun

iargúltacht f (genitive singular iargúltachta)

1. remoteness, isolation, seclusion
2. a remote place, the wilds, the bush

   ar an iargúlacht, san iargúlacht ― in the middle of nowhere, in the back of beyond

Declension

Declension of iargúltacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an iargúltacht Genitive na hiargúltachta Dative leis an iargúltacht don iargúltacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iargúltacht	n-iargúltacht	hiargúltacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “iargúltacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iargcúltaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 391
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iargúltacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN