coibhneasacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• coibhneasaíocht

Etymology

coibhneas +‎ -acht

Noun

coibhneasacht f (genitive singular coibhneasachta, nominative plural coibhneasachtaí)

1. (philosophy) relativism
2. (physics) relativity

Declension

Declension of coibhneasacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coibhneasacht coibhneasachtaí vocative a choibhneasacht a choibhneasachtaí genitive coibhneasachta coibhneasachtaí dative coibhneasacht coibhneasachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choibhneasacht na coibhneasachtaí genitive na coibhneasachta na gcoibhneasachtaí dative leis an gcoibhneasacht don choibhneasacht leis na coibhneasachtaí

Derived terms

• coibhneasacht ghinearálta f (“general relativity”)
• coibhneasacht speisialta f (“special relativity”)
• coibhneasacht teanga f (“linguistic relativity”)

Related terms

• coibhneasaí m (“relativist”)
• coibhneasaíoich (“relativist”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coibhneasacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coibhneasacht	choibhneasacht	gcoibhneasacht

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