leanbaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• leanbacht
• leanbánacht
• leanbántacht
• leanbhaíocht

Etymology

From Old Irish lenbaidecht f (“childishness; childish pursuits, childish play”), from lenbaide (“childish, puerile”, adjective). By surface analysis, leanbaí (“childlike, innocent; childish, infantile; puerile; doting”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

leanbaíocht f (genitive singular leanbaíochta)

1. childhood
2. childishness
   1. puerility
   2. dotage
   3. (ag ~) acting childishly; doting

Declension

Declension of leanbaíocht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an leanbaíocht Genitive na leanbaíochta Dative leis an leanbaíocht don leanbaíocht

References

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