eachtraíocht

Irish

Etymology

From eachtraigh (“fare forth, journey; relate, narrate (adventure), tell (story)”, verb) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

eachtraíocht f (genitive singular eachtraíochta)

1. (act of) adventuring, journeying
2. tales of adventure, yarning, telling yarns
   1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) telling adventure stories; spinning yarns

Declension

Declension of eachtraíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative eachtraíocht vocative a eachtraíocht genitive eachtraíochta dative eachtraíocht forms with the definite article singular nominative an eachtraíocht genitive na heachtraíochta dative leis an eachtraíocht don eachtraíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of eachtraíocht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachtraíocht	n-eachtraíocht	heachtraíocht	not applicable

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