aíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• aoidheacht, aoighidheacht (obsolete)
• aoigheacht (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish oígidecht, from Old Irish oígedacht, from oígi m (“stranger, guest, visitor”). By surface analysis, aoi (“guest”) +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

aíocht f (genitive singular aíochta, nominative plural aíochtaí)

1. hospitality; lodgings (for a night)

Declension

Declension of aíocht (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aíocht aíochtaí vocative a aíocht a aíochtaí genitive aíochta aíochtaí dative aíocht aíochtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aíocht na haíochtaí genitive na haíochta na n-aíochtaí dative leis an aíocht don aíocht leis na haíochtaí

Derived terms

• aíochtach f (“(act of) lodging”)
• aíochtach (“hospitable; willing to put up persons for a night”, adjective)
• aíochtlann f (“guest house”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aíocht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aíocht	n-aíocht	haíocht	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aoiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 32
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025