foclóireacht

Irish

Etymology

From foclóir (“dictionary”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

foclóireacht f (genitive singular foclóireachta)

1. (linguistics) lexicography

Declension

Declension of foclóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative foclóireacht vocative a fhoclóireacht genitive foclóireachta dative foclóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhoclóireacht genitive na foclóireachta dative leis an bhfoclóireacht don fhoclóireacht

Derived terms

• mír fhoclóireachta

Related terms

• foclóireolaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of foclóireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foclóireacht	fhoclóireacht	bhfoclóireacht

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