reacaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From reacaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

reacaireacht f (genitive singular reacaireachta)

1. (music) recitative
2. declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing
3. declamation, narration, recitation, performance

Declension

Declension of reacaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative reacaireacht vocative a reacaireacht genitive reacaireachta dative reacaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an reacaireacht genitive na reacaireachta dative leis an reacaireacht don reacaireacht

Synonyms

• reacadóireacht
• (recitative): ceolreacaireacht
• (declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing): aithriseoireacht, insint
• (declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing, declamation, narration, recitation, performance): aithris

Related terms

• reic (“recite, narrate”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reacaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “narration”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “recitation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “recitative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025