abhlóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• amhlóireacht

Etymology

From Old Irish oblóirecht f (“jugglery”), from oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler, rhymester; the tenth or lowest class of poet”). By surface analysis, abhlóir (“buffoon, fool; boor; confused, bewildered, person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abhlóireacht f (genitive singular abhlóireachta)

1. (act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery

Declension

Declension of abhlóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative abhlóireacht vocative a abhlóireacht genitive abhlóireachta dative abhlóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an abhlóireacht genitive na habhlóireachta dative leis an abhlóireacht don abhlóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhlóireacht

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