éisteacht

Irish

Alternative forms

éisteach m
éisteachán m

Etymology

From Old Irish étsecht, éstecht (“hearing, the act or faculty of hearing; listening, hearkening”), verbal noun of éistid, éitsid (“listens, hearkens, attends”, verb).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːʃtʲəxt̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːʃtʲa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

éisteacht f or m (genitive singular éisteachta)

verbal noun of éist
1. hearing (sense, earshot)
2. (law) hearing
3. granting
silence; patience, forbearance

Declension

Declension of éisteacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	éisteacht
Vocative	a éisteacht
Genitive	éisteachta
Dative	éisteacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an éisteacht
Genitive	na héisteachta
Dative	leis an éisteacht don éisteacht

Derived terms

néaróg éisteachta f (“auditory nerve”)

Related terms

éisteach (“attentive, heedful”, adj)

Mutation

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

References

"éisteacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“étsecht, éstecht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.