iargúltacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• iargúlacht
• iargcúlacht, iargcúltacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From iargúlta +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈjiəɾˠəɡuːl̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)t/

Noun

iargúltacht f (genitive singular iargúltachta)

1. remoteness, isolation, seclusion
2. a remote place, the wilds, the bush

   ar an iargúlacht, san iargúlacht ― in the middle of nowhere, in the back of beyond

Declension

Declension of iargúltacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative iargúltacht vocative a iargúltacht genitive iargúltachta dative iargúltacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an iargúltacht genitive na hiargúltachta dative leis an iargúltacht don iargúltacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of iargúltacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iargúltacht	n-iargúltacht	hiargúltacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “iargúltacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iargcúltaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 391
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iargúltacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN