ionsaitheacht

ionsaitheacht

Irish

Etymology

From ionsaigh (“advance upon, attack; proceed to, approach; set about, attempt; reach, attain; seek out”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

ionsaitheacht f (genitive singular ionsaitheachta)

1. (optics) incidence

Declension

Declension of ionsaitheacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ionsaitheacht Genitive na hionsaitheachta Dative leis an ionsaitheacht don ionsaitheacht

Related terms

• ionsaitheach (“incident”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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