ropaireacht

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Irish

Etymology

From ropaire (“thruster, stabber; violent person; cut-purse, robber; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

ropaireacht f (genitive singular ropaireachta)

  1. stabbing, violence
  2. snatching, thieving; villainy

Declension

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ropaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
ropaireacht not applicable 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

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