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sclábhaíocht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sclábhaí +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sclábhaíocht f (genitive singular sclábhaíochta)

  1. slavery, servitude
  2. hard manual labor, slave labor, toil
  3. drudgery, donkey work
    Synonyms: crácamas, tiaráil

Declension

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Declension of sclábhaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sclábhaíocht
vocative a sclábhaíocht
genitive sclábhaíochta
dative sclábhaíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sclábhaíocht
genitive na sclábhaíochta
dative leis an sclábhaíocht
don sclábhaíocht

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ sclábhaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 40, page 21

Further reading

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