cantaireacht
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cantairecht (“chant, act of chanting”), equivalent to cantaire (“chanter, chorister”) + -acht.
Noun
editcantaireacht f (genitive singular cantaireachta)
- (act of) chanting, singing
- (act of) murmuring, complaining
Declension
editDeclension of cantaireacht
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- cantaireacht eaglasta f (“plain-chant, plainsong”)
- cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)
Mutation
edit| 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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cantaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cantaireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cantaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024