sirtheoireacht

Irish

Etymology

From sirtheoir (“seeker; petitioner; beggar; prowler, forager; prospector”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

sirtheoireacht f (genitive singular sirtheoireachta)

1. (act of) seeking, imploring, begging
2. (act of) prowling, foraging
3. (mining) prospecting

Declension

Declension of sirtheoireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sirtheoireacht vocative a shirtheoireacht genitive sirtheoireachta dative sirtheoireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsirtheoireacht genitive na sirtheoireachta dative leis an tsirtheoireacht don tsirtheoireacht

Derived terms

• bithshirtheoireacht (“bioprospecting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sirtheoireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sirtheoireacht	shirtheoireacht after an, tsirtheoireacht	not applicable

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