criadóireacht

Irish

Etymology

From criadóir (“ceramist, potter”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

criadóireacht f (genitive singular criadóireachta)

1. ceramics

   Synonym: ceirmeacht

2. pottery, potting (the art of making clay pots), clay-craft

   Synonym: potaireacht

Declension

Declension of criadóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative criadóireacht vocative a chriadóireacht genitive criadóireachta dative criadóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chriadóireacht genitive na criadóireachta dative leis an gcriadóireacht don chriadóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of criadóireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
criadóireacht	chriadóireacht	gcriadóireacht

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