éisteacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish étsecht, éstecht (“hearing”), verbal noun of éistid, éitsid (“to listen”, verb).

Pronunciation

Noun

éisteacht f (genitive singular éisteachta)

  1. verbal noun of éist
  2. hearing (sense, earshot)
  3. (law) hearing
  4. granting
  5. silence; patience, forbearance

Declension

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éisteacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éisteacht n-éisteacht héisteacht not applicable

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

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