filíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• filidheacht (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish filidecht (“poetry, divination”), from Old Irish filedacht. By surface analysis, file +‎ -íocht

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲəˈlʲiː(ə)xt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪlʲiəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

filíocht f (genitive singular filíochta)

1. poetry

Declension

Declension of filíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative filíocht Vocative a fhilíocht Genitive filíochta Dative filíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhilíocht Genitive na filíochta Dative leis an bhfilíocht don fhilíocht

Synonyms

• dánta

Derived terms

• nuafhilíocht f (“modern poetry”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
filíocht	fhilíocht	bhfilíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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