cairéalacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• coiléaracht

Etymology

From cairéal (“quarry”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cairéalacht f (genitive singular cairéalachta)

1. (act of) quarrying

Declension

Declension of cairéalacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cairéalacht c{{{4}}} vocative a chairéalacht a ch{{{4}}} genitive cairéalachta c{{{4}}} dative cairéalacht c{{{4}}} forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chairéalacht na c{{{4}}} genitive na cairéalachta na gc{{{4}}} dative leis an gcairéalacht don chairéalacht leis na c{{{4}}}

Related terms

• cairéalaí m (“quarryman”)
• cairéalaigh (“quarry”, verb)
• cloch chairéil f (“quarry-stone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairéalacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cairéalacht	chairéalacht	gcairéalacht

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) “cairéalacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN