cantaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cantairecht (“chant, act of chanting”), equivalent to cantaire (“chanter, chorister”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cantaireacht f (genitive singular cantaireachta)

1. (act of) chanting, singing
2. (act of) murmuring, complaining

Declension

Declension of cantaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cantaireacht vocative a chantaireacht genitive cantaireachta dative cantaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chantaireacht genitive na cantaireachta dative leis an gcantaireacht don chantaireacht

Derived terms

• cantaireacht eaglasta f (“plain-chant, plainsong”)
• cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cantaireacht	chantaireacht	gcantaireacht

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) “cantaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cantaireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cantaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024