sanasaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From sanas (“gloss”) +‎ -íocht.

Noun

sanasaíocht f (genitive singular sanasaíochta)

1. (linguistics) etymology

Declension

Declension of sanasaíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sanasaíocht vocative a shanasaíocht genitive sanasaíochta dative sanasaíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsanasaíocht genitive na sanasaíochta dative leis an tsanasaíocht don tsanasaíocht

Derived terms

• bréagshanasaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of sanasaíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sanasaíocht	shanasaíocht after an, tsanasaíocht	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) “sanasaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sanasaíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sanasaíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024