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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aíocht n-aíocht haíocht not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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