abhcóideacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• abhcóidíocht, adhbhacóideacht

Etymology

From Middle Irish abcóitecht, adbacóitecht f (“advocacy”), from abcóit(e) m (“advocate”). By surface analysis, abhcóide (“advocate, counsel”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abhcóideacht f (genitive singular abhcóideachta)

1. advocacy

Declension

Declension of abhcóideacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative abhcóideacht vocative a abhcóideacht genitive abhcóideachta dative abhcóideacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an abhcóideacht genitive na habhcóideachta dative leis an abhcóideacht don abhcóideacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhcóideacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhcóideacht	n-abhcóideacht	habhcóideacht	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) “abhcóideacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abcóitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhcóideacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abhcóideacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025