reacaireacht

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Irish

Etymology

From reacaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

reacaireacht f (genitive singular reacaireachta)

  1. (music) recitative
  2. declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing
  3. declamation, narration, recitation, performance

Declension

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

Synonyms

  • reic (recite, narrate)

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reacaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • narration”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • recitation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • recitative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024