oirbheartaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From oirbheart (“tactic”).

Noun

oirbheartaíocht f (genitive singular oirbheartaíochta)

1. (military) tactics

   Synonym: teaicticí

Declension

Declension of oirbheartaíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative oirbheartaíocht vocative a oirbheartaíocht genitive oirbheartaíochta dative oirbheartaíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an oirbheartaíocht genitive na hoirbheartaíochta dative leis an oirbheartaíocht don oirbheartaíocht

Related terms

• oirbheartach (“practised, dexterous, accomplished; skilful, ingenious; full of prowess, valiant, manly; mature; pubescent”, adjective)
• oirbheartas m (“prowess; predominance, control, power”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of oirbheartaíocht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oirbheartaíocht	n-oirbheartaíocht	hoirbheartaíocht	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oirbheartaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “tactic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024