failpéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From failpéir (“sponger, toady”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

failpéireacht f (genitive singular failpéireachta)

1. (act of) sponging, toadying

Declension

Declension of failpéireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative failpéireacht Vocative a fhailpéireacht Genitive failpéireachta Dative failpéireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhailpéireacht Genitive na failpéireachta Dative leis an bhfailpéireacht don fhailpéireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
failpéireacht	fhailpéireacht	bhfailpéireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “failpéireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN