alpaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• alpaíl f

Etymology

From alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

alpaireacht f (genitive singular alpaireachta)

1. (act of) bolting food; voracious eating
2. (act of) grabbing

Declension

Declension of alpaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative alpaireacht vocative a alpaireacht genitive alpaireachta dative alpaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an alpaireacht genitive na halpaireachta dative leis an alpaireacht don alpaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpaireacht

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