foclóireacht

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Irish

Etymology

From foclóir (“dictionary”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

foclóireacht f (genitive singular foclóireachta)

  1. (linguistics) lexicography

Declension

Declension of foclóireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative foclóireacht
vocative a fhoclóireacht
genitive foclóireachta
dative foclóireacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhoclóireacht
genitive na foclóireachta
dative leis an bhfoclóireacht
don fhoclóireacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of foclóireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
foclóireacht fhoclóireacht bhfoclóireacht

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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