foirmiúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From foirmiúil (from foirm + -úil) + -acht.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠɔɾˠˈmʲuːl̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːlˠəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːl̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːlˠaxt̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːl̪ˠaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

foirmiúlacht f (genitive singular foirmiúlachta)

1. formality (state of being formal)

Declension

Declension of foirmiúlacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative foirmiúlacht vocative a fhoirmiúlacht genitive foirmiúlachta dative foirmiúlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhoirmiúlacht genitive na foirmiúlachta dative leis an bhfoirmiúlacht don fhoirmiúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirmiúlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foirmiúlacht	fhoirmiúlacht	bhfoirmiúlacht

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