imeacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• imtheacht (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /(ɪ)ˈmʲaxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈimʲəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈɪmʲaxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨmʲa(x)t̪ˠ/, /ˈɪmʲæxt̪ˠ/

Noun

imeacht m or f (genitive singular imeachta, nominative plural imeachtaí)

1. verbal noun of imigh
2. going, departure
3. passage (act of passing; movement across or through)
4. gait (horse's way of moving)
5. (in the plural) proceedings, transactions

Declension

Declension of imeacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative imeacht imeachtaí vocative a imeacht a imeachtaí genitive imeachta imeachtaí dative imeacht imeachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-imeacht na himeachtaí genitive an imeachta na n-imeachtaí dative leis an imeacht don imeacht leis na himeachtaí

Alternative declension

Declension of imeacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative imeacht imeachtaí vocative a imeacht a imeachtaí genitive imeachta imeachtaí dative imeacht imeachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an imeacht na himeachtaí genitive na himeachta na n-imeachtaí dative leis an imeacht don imeacht leis na himeachtaí

Derived terms

• Breatimeacht (“Brexit”)
• imeachtach (“going, moving, travelling; speedy”, adjective)
• imeachtaí m (“goer, traveller”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of imeacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imeacht	n-imeacht	himeacht	t-imeacht

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