alfraitseacht

Irish

Etymology

From alfraits (“rascal; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

alfraitseacht f (genitive singular alfraitseachta)

1. Alternative form of alfraitsíocht (“rascality”)

Declension

Declension of alfraitseacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an alfraitseacht Genitive na halfraitseachta Dative leis an alfraitseacht don alfraitseacht

Mutation

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