gamalacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• amalaíocht
• gamalaíocht

Etymology

From gamal (“gomeral, lout, simpleton, fool”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

gamalacht f (genitive singular gamalachta)

1. loutishness, silliness

Declension

Declension of gamalacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gamalacht vocative a ghamalacht genitive gamalachta dative gamalacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ghamalacht genitive na gamalachta dative leis an ngamalacht don ghamalacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of gamalacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gamalacht	ghamalacht	ngamalacht

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