dingireacht

dingireacht

Irish

Etymology

From dingire (“wedging implement; light hammer”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

dingireacht f (genitive singular dingireachta)

1. wedge-driving; tapping

Declension

Declension of dingireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dingireacht Vocative a dhingireacht Genitive dingireachta Dative dingireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dingireacht Genitive na dingireachta Dative leis an dingireacht don dingireacht

Related terms

• ding (“wedge; pack tightly, stuff; make compact; knit, knead”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dingireacht	dhingireacht	ndingireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "dingireacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.