feighlíocht

Irish

Etymology

From feighlí (“watcher, tender, overseer”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

feighlíocht f (genitive singular feighlíochta)

1. vigilance, watchfulness; guardianship

Declension

Declension of feighlíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative feighlíocht vocative a fheighlíocht genitive feighlíochta dative feighlíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fheighlíocht genitive na feighlíochta dative leis an bhfeighlíocht don fheighlíocht

Related terms

• feighlíoch (“vigilant, watchful”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feighlíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feighlíocht	fheighlíocht	bhfeighlíocht

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