coireacht

Irish

Etymology

From coir (“crime, offence; fault, transgression”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

coireacht f (genitive singular coireachta)

1. wickedness, guiltiness

Declension

Declension of coireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative coireacht vocative a choireacht genitive coireachta dative coireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an choireacht genitive na coireachta dative leis an gcoireacht don choireacht

Synonyms

• (wickedness): áibhirseoireacht, colaí, díchúis, lochtaíl, mallaitheacht, urchóideacht
• (guiltiness): ciontacht, coiriúlacht

Derived terms

• ríomhchoireacht f (“e-crime, cybercrime”)

Related terms

• coireach m (“offender, transgressor”)
• coireach (“wicked, sinful; guilty”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coireacht	choireacht	gcoireacht

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