alpaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • alpaíl f

Etymology

From alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

alpaireacht f (genitive singular alpaireachta)

  1. (act of) bolting food; voracious eating
  2. (act of) grabbing

Declension
Declension of alpaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative alpaireacht
Vocative a alpaireacht
Genitive alpaireachta
Dative alpaireacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an alpaireacht
Genitive na halpaireachta
Dative leis an alpaireacht

don alpaireacht

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
alpaireacht n-alpaireacht halpaireacht not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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