graostacht

Irish

Etymology

From graosta (“lewd, obscene, filthy”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

graostacht f (genitive singular graostachta)

1. lewdness, obscenity, filthiness; bawdy talk, talking smut

Declension

Declension of graostacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative graostacht Vocative a ghraostacht Genitive graostachta Dative graostacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ghraostacht Genitive na graostachta Dative leis an ngraostacht don ghraostacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
graostacht	ghraostacht	ngraostacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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