geanmnaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

• geanmaíocht
• geanmnaidheacht (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish genmnaidecht (“chastity, continence”), from genmnaide. By surface analysis, geanmnaí (“chaste, pure”, adjective) +‎ -acht.

Noun

geanmnaíocht f (genitive singular geanmnaíochta)

1. (religion) purity, chastity, continence

   Antonym: mígheanmnaíocht

Declension

Declension of geanmnaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative geanmnaíocht Vocative a gheanmnaíocht Genitive geanmnaíochta Dative geanmnaíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gheanmnaíocht Genitive na geanmnaíochta Dative leis an ngeanmnaíocht don gheanmnaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geanmnaíocht	gheanmnaíocht	ngeanmnaíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geanmnaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genmnaidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “geanmnaíocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “geanmnaíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024