asarlaíocht
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- easarlaíocht
- asarlaidheacht (superseded)
- asarlaigheacht, asarluigheacht, easarlaidheacht, easarlaigheacht, easarluigheacht (obsolete)[1]
Etymology edit
From asarlaí (“sorcerer; conjurer, trickster”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix). Originally a colloquial form of astralaíocht (“astrology”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
asarlaíocht f (genitive singular asarlaíochta)
- dark magic, enchantment, magic, necromancy, occultism, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry
- the occult (preceded by the definite article)
- conjuring tricks
- Alternative form of astralaíocht (“astrology”)
Declension edit
Declension of asarlaíocht
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| asarlaíocht | n-asarlaíocht | hasarlaíocht | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ “asarlaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asarlaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “astrolaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “asarlaíocht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “asarlaíocht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.