uraiceacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• uraiceapt

Etymology

From Middle Irish uraicecht, from Old Irish auraicept. By surface analysis, ur- +‎ aiceacht.

Noun

uraiceacht m (genitive singular uraiceachta)

1. primer (introductory textbook), first instruction

   Synonym: bunleabhar

2. rudiments (fundamental principles or skills), elements (simplest or essential parts)

   Synonym: buntús

   uraiceacht léinn ― rudiments of learning

Declension

Declension of uraiceacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative uraiceacht vocative a uraiceacht genitive uraiceachta dative uraiceacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-uraiceacht genitive an uraiceachta dative leis an uraiceacht don uraiceacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of uraiceacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uraiceacht	n-uraiceacht	huraiceacht	t-uraiceacht

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uraiceaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 779
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uraiceacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN