ísleacht

Irish

Etymology

From íseal (“low”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ísleacht f (genitive singular ísleachta, nominative plural ísleachtaí)

1. lowness, lowliness

   Synonym: uirísle

2. (geography) low-lying place; depression (in ground)

Declension

Declension of ísleacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ísleacht ísleachtaí vocative a ísleacht a ísleachtaí genitive ísleachta ísleachtaí dative ísleacht ísleachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ísleacht na hísleachtaí genitive na hísleachta na n-ísleachtaí dative leis an ísleacht don ísleacht leis na hísleachtaí

Derived terms

• coimpléasc ísleachta m (“inferiority complex”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ísleacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ísleacht	n-ísleacht	hísleacht	not applicable

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

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ísleacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm