sealgaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From sealgaire (“hunter”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

sealgaireacht f (genitive singular sealgaireachta)

1. (act of) hunting

   Synonyms: fiach, seilg

2. (act of) searching, foraging

Declension

Declension of sealgaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sealgaireacht vocative a shealgaireacht genitive sealgaireachta dative sealgaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsealgaireacht genitive na sealgaireachta dative leis an tsealgaireacht don tsealgaireacht

Derived terms

• sealgaireacht rónta (“sealing, seal-hunting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sealgaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sealgaireacht	shealgaireacht after an, tsealgaireacht	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) “sealgaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sealgaireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sealgaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025