aíocht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish oígidecht, from Old Irish oígedacht, from oígi m (“stranger, guest, visitor”).[1] By surface analysis, aoi (“guest”) +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

Noun

aíocht f (genitive singular aíochta, nominative plural aíochtaí)

  1. hospitality; lodgings (for a night)

Declension

Declension of aíocht (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aíocht aíochtaí
vocative a aíocht a aíochtaí
genitive aíochta aíochtaí
dative aíocht aíochtaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an aíocht na haíochtaí
genitive na haíochta na n-aíochtaí
dative leis an aíocht
don aíocht 		leis na haíochtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aíocht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aíocht n-aíocht haíocht not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oígidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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