ancaireacht

Irish

Etymology

ancaire (“anchor”) +‎ -acht

Noun

ancaireacht f (genitive singular ancaireachta, nominative plural ancaireachtaí)

1. (sailing) anchorage

   Synonyms: acarsóid, leaba ancaire, poll ancaire, ród

Declension

Declension of ancaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ancaireacht ancaireachtaí Vocative a ancaireacht a ancaireachtaí Genitive ancaireachta ancaireachtaí Dative ancaireacht ancaireachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ancaireacht na hancaireachtaí Genitive na hancaireachta na n-ancaireachtaí Dative leis an ancaireacht don ancaireacht leis na hancaireachtaí

Derived terms

• cáin ancaireachta f (“anchorage”) (charge for anchoring)
• táille ancaireachta f (“groundage”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ancaireacht	n-ancaireacht	hancaireacht	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) “ancaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN