tithíocht

Irish

Etymology

From tithe (“houses”) +‎ -íocht.

Noun

tithíocht f (genitive singular tithíochta)

1. provision of houses, house-building
2. housing

   Synonym: tithe

Declension

Declension of tithíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tithíocht vocative a thithíocht genitive tithíochta dative tithíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tithíocht genitive na tithíochta dative leis an tithíocht don tithíocht

Derived terms

• eastát tithíochta m (“housing estate”)
• tithíocht comhairle áitiúil f (“council housing”)
• tithíocht phoiblí f (“public housing”)
• tithíocht shóisialta f (“social housing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tithíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tithíocht	thithíocht	dtithíocht

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) “tithíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tithíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tithíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025