ailtireacht

See also: ailtireachd

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailtirecht f (“building, carpentry”), synchronically analyzable as ailtire (“house-builder, house-wright”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ailtireacht f (genitive singular ailtireachta)

1. architecture

Declension

Declension of ailtireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative ailtireacht Vocative a ailtireacht Genitive ailtireachta Dative ailtireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ailtireacht Genitive na hailtireachta Dative leis an ailtireacht don ailtireacht

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailtireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ailtirecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language