alpaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• alpaíl f

Etymology

From alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

alpaireacht f (genitive singular alpaireachta)

1. (act of) bolting food; voracious eating
2. (act of) grabbing

Declension

Declension of alpaireacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an alpaireacht Genitive na halpaireachta Dative leis an alpaireacht don alpaireacht

Mutation

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