ropaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From ropaire (“thruster, stabber; violent person; cut-purse, robber; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

ropaireacht f (genitive singular ropaireachta)

1. stabbing, violence
2. snatching, thieving; villainy

Declension

Declension of ropaireacht (third declension, no plural)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ropaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ropaireacht	not applicable	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ropaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN