saillteacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sailltecht, from Old Irish saillte (“salted, salty”).

Noun

saillteacht f (genitive singular saillteachta)

1. saltiness (of meat, etc.)

Declension

Declension of saillteacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative saillteacht vocative a shaillteacht genitive saillteachta dative saillteacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsaillteacht genitive na saillteachta dative leis an tsaillteacht don tsaillteacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of saillteacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saillteacht	shaillteacht after an, tsaillteacht	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sailltecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saillteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN