eisceacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• éisceacht
• eisgeacht, uisgeacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From eisc (“to excise, except”) +‎ -eacht.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əʃˈcaxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃcəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃca(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

eisceacht f (genitive singular eisceachta, nominative plural eisceachtaí)

1. exception

Declension

Declension of eisceacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eisceacht eisceachtaí vocative a eisceacht a eisceachtaí genitive eisceachta eisceachtaí dative eisceacht eisceachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an eisceacht na heisceachtaí genitive na heisceachta na n-eisceachtaí dative leis an eisceacht don eisceacht leis na heisceachtaí

Derived terms

• eisceachtúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of eisceacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eisceacht	n-eisceacht	heisceacht	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisgecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “eisceacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éisceaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 286
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eisceacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN