intleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish int(ṡ)liucht, intlecht, from Latin intellēctus, from intellegō (“I understand”).

Noun

intleacht f (genitive singular intleachta, nominative plural intleachtaí)

1. intellect, intelligence

Declension

Declension of intleacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative intleacht intleachtaí Vocative a intleacht a intleachtaí Genitive intleachta intleachtaí Dative intleacht intleachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an intleacht na hintleachtaí Genitive na hintleachta na n-intleachtaí Dative leis an intleacht don intleacht leis na hintleachtaí

Derived terms

• intleacht shaorga f (“artificial intelligence”)
• intleachtach (“ingenious”, adjective)
• intleachtóir m (“intellectual”)
• intleachtúil (“intellectual”, adjective)
• lucht intleachta (“intelligentsia”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
intleacht	n-intleacht	hintleacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “intleacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “int(ṡ)liucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language