eachtraíocht

eachtraíocht

Irish

Etymology

From eachtraigh (“fare forth, journey; relate, narrate (adventure), tell (story)”, verb) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

eachtraíocht f (genitive singular eachtraíochta)

1. (act of) adventuring, journeying
2. tales of adventure, yarning, telling yarns
   1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) telling adventure stories; spinning yarns

Declension

Declension of eachtraíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative eachtraíocht Vocative a eachtraíocht Genitive eachtraíochta Dative eachtraíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an eachtraíocht Genitive na heachtraíochta Dative leis an eachtraíocht don eachtraíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachtraíocht	n-eachtraíocht	heachtraíocht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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