éisteacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• éisteach, éisteachán

Etymology

From Old Irish étsecht, éstecht (“hearing”), verbal noun of éistid, éitsid (“to listen”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːʃtʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːʃtʲa(h)t̪ˠ/, [ˈei̯ʃtʲa(h)t̪ˠ]

Noun

éisteacht f (genitive singular éisteachta)

1. verbal noun of éist
2. hearing (sense, earshot)
3. (law) hearing
4. granting
5. silence; patience, forbearance

Declension

Declension of éisteacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an éisteacht Genitive na héisteachta Dative leis an éisteacht don éisteacht

Derived terms

• néaróg éisteachta f (“auditory nerve”)

Related terms

• éisteach (“attentive, heedful”, adj)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éisteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étsecht, éstecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 85
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61