litearthacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish literdacht f (“booklearning, literature”), from Old Irish litredacht. By surface analysis, liteartha (“literary; literate”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

litearthacht f (genitive singular litearthachta)

1. literariness
2. literacy

Declension

Declension of litearthacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative litearthacht vocative a litearthacht genitive litearthachta dative litearthacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an litearthacht genitive na litearthachta dative leis an litearthacht don litearthacht

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “literacy”): neamhlitearthacht

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “litearthacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “literacy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “literdacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language