cantaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cantairecht (“chant, act of chanting”), equivalent to cantaire (“chanter, chorister”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cantaireacht f (genitive singular cantaireachta)

  1. (act of) chanting, singing
  2. (act of) murmuring, complaining

Declension
Declension of cantaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative cantaireacht
Vocative a chantaireacht
Genitive cantaireachta
Dative cantaireacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an chantaireacht
Genitive na cantaireachta
Dative leis an gcantaireacht

don chantaireacht

Derived terms
  • cantaireacht eaglasta f (“plain-chant, plainsong”)
  • cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cantaireacht chantaireacht gcantaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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