uraiceacht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish uraicecht, from Old Irish auraicept.[2] By surface analysis, ur- +‎ aiceacht.

Noun

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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 léinnrudiments of learning

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uraiceacht n-uraiceacht huraiceacht t-uraiceacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ uraiceapt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airaiccecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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