astralaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• astrolaidheacht (superseded)
• astrolaigecht (obsolete)
• anstrólaíocht, asarlaíocht

Etymology

From Old Irish astrolaigecht (“astrology, sorcery”). By surface analysis, astralaí (“astrologer”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

astralaíocht f (genitive singular astralaíochta)

1. astrology

Declension

Declension of astralaíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative astralaíocht vocative a astralaíocht genitive astralaíochta dative astralaíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an astralaíocht genitive na hastralaíochta dative leis an astralaíocht don astralaíocht

Related terms

• astralaíoch (“astrological”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of astralaíocht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
astralaíocht	n-astralaíocht	hastralaíocht	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) “astralaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “astrolaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “astrolaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 42
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astralaíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “astralaíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024