ancaireacht

Irish

Etymology

ancaire (“anchor”) +‎ -acht

Noun

ancaireacht f (genitive singular ancaireachta, nominative plural ancaireachtaí)

1. (sailing) anchorage

   Synonyms: acarsóid, leaba ancaire, poll ancaire, ród

Declension

Declension of ancaireacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ancaireacht ancaireachtaí vocative a ancaireacht a ancaireachtaí genitive ancaireachta ancaireachtaí dative ancaireacht ancaireachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ancaireacht na hancaireachtaí genitive na hancaireachta na n-ancaireachtaí dative leis an ancaireacht don ancaireacht leis na hancaireachtaí

Derived terms

• cáin ancaireachta f (“anchorage”) (charge for anchoring)
• táille ancaireachta f (“groundage”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ancaireacht

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