cantaireacht

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cantairecht (“chant, act of chanting”), equivalent to cantaire (“chanter, chorister”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cantaireacht f (genitive singular cantaireachta)

  1. (act of) chanting, singing
  2. (act of) murmuring, complaining

Declension

Declension of cantaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cantaireacht
vocative a chantaireacht
genitive cantaireachta
dative cantaireacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an chantaireacht
genitive na cantaireachta
dative leis an gcantaireacht
don chantaireacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cantaireacht chantaireacht gcantaireacht

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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