alfraitseacht

Irish

Etymology

From alfraits (“rascal; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

alfraitseacht f (genitive singular alfraitseachta)

1. Alternative form of alfraitsíocht (“rascality”)

Declension

Declension of alfraitseacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative alfraitseacht vocative a alfraitseacht genitive alfraitseachta dative alfraitseacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an alfraitseacht genitive na halfraitseachta dative leis an alfraitseacht don alfraitseacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of alfraitseacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alfraitseacht	n-alfraitseacht	halfraitseacht	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) “alfraitsíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN