éisteacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• éisteach, éisteachán
• éisdeach, éisdeachd, éisdeacht, éisdiocht, éisteachd, éistiocht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish étsecht, éstecht (“hearing”), verbal noun of in·túaisi (“to listen”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːʃtʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈeʃtʲəxt̪ˠ/ (as if spelled eisteacht)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːʃtʲa(x)t̪ˠ/, [ˈei̯ʃtʲa(x)t̪ˠ]

Noun

éisteacht f (genitive singular éisteachta, nominative plural éisteachtaí)

1. (uncountable) verbal noun of éist
2. (uncountable) hearing (sense; earshot)
3. (law, countable) hearing

Declension

Declension of éisteacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éisteacht éisteachtaí vocative a éisteacht a éisteachtaí genitive éisteachta éisteachtaí dative éisteacht éisteachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an éisteacht na héisteachtaí genitive na héisteachta na n-éisteachtaí dative leis an éisteacht don éisteacht leis na héisteachtaí

Derived terms

• néaróg éisteachta f (“auditory nerve”)

Related terms

• éisteach (“attentive, heedful”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of éisteacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éisteacht	n-éisteacht	héisteacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éisteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN