ealaíontacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• ealaíonacht, ealaíontóireacht

Etymology

From ealaíonta (“artistic, skilful; graceful, elegant; artful, tricky”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

ealaíontacht f (genitive singular ealaíontachta)

1. artistry, skilfulness
2. artfulness, trickery

Declension

Declension of ealaíontacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ealaíontacht vocative a ealaíontacht genitive ealaíontachta dative ealaíontacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ealaíontacht genitive na healaíontachta dative leis an ealaíontacht don ealaíontacht

Related terms

• ealaín f (“art”)
• ealaíontóir m (“artist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ealaíontacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ealaíontacht	n-ealaíontacht	healaíontacht	not applicable

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) “ealaíontacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ealaíontacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ealaíontacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025