piocthacht

Irish

Etymology

From pioctha +‎ -acht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪkəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈpʲʊkəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

piocthacht f (genitive singular piocthachta)

1. neatness, spruceness

Declension

Declension of piocthacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative piocthacht vocative a phiocthacht genitive piocthachta dative piocthacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phiocthacht genitive na piocthachta dative leis an bpiocthacht don phiocthacht

Descendants

• → Yola: parcheka

Mutation

Mutated forms of piocthacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
piocthacht	phiocthacht	bpiocthacht

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