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

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foraoiseacht	fhoraoiseacht	bhforaoiseacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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, 2013-2024