foraoiseacht

Irish

Etymology

From foraois +‎ -acht.

Noun

foraoiseacht f (genitive singular foraoiseachta)

1. (ecology) forestry (management of forests)

   Synonyms: cranneolaíocht, foraoiseolaíocht

2. (geography) forestry (forested land)

   Synonym: foraois

Declension

Declension of foraoiseacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative foraoiseacht vocative a fhoraoiseacht genitive foraoiseachta dative foraoiseacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhoraoiseacht genitive na foraoiseachta dative leis an bhforaoiseacht don fhoraoiseacht

Related terms

• foraoiseoir
• foraoisigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of foraoiseacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foraoiseacht	fhoraoiseacht	bhforaoiseacht

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