scaoilteacht
Irish
Etymology
From scaoilte (“loose”) + -acht.
Noun
scaoilteacht f (genitive singular scaoilteachta)
- looseness, slackness; laxity
- (medicine) looseness of bowels, diarrhea
- lavishness
Declension
Declension of scaoilteacht
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Derived terms
- tréscaoilteacht (“permeability”)
Related terms
- inní scaoilteacha, putóga scaoilteacha (“loose bowels”)
References
- "scaoilteacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.