collaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• colnaidheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish collaidecht (“corporeality; carnality, sensuality”). By surface analysis, collaí +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠiːxt/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠiəxt/

Noun

collaíocht f (genitive singular collaíochta)

1. carnality, lust
2. sexuality

Declension

Declension of collaíocht (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative collaíocht vocative a chollaíocht genitive collaíochta dative collaíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chollaíocht genitive na collaíochta dative leis an gcollaíocht don chollaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of collaíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
collaíocht	chollaíocht	gcollaíocht

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) “collaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “colnaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 170
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “collaidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language