collaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• colnaidheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish collaidecht (“corporeality; carnality, sensuality”). By surface analysis, collaí +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠiːxt/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠiəxt/

Noun

collaíocht f (genitive singular collaíochta)

1. carnality, lust
2. sexuality

Declension

Declension of collaíocht

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative collaíocht Vocative a chollaíocht Genitive collaíochta Dative collaíocht

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chollaíocht Genitive na collaíochta Dative leis an gcollaíocht don chollaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
collaíocht	chollaíocht	gcollaíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “collaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “colnaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 170
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “collaidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language