leanbaíocht

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish lenbaidecht f (“childishness; childish pursuits, childish play”), from lenbaide (“childish, puerile”, adjective). By surface analysis, leanbaí (“childlike, innocent; childish, infantile; puerile; doting”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun edit

leanbaíocht f (genitive singular leanbaíochta)

childhood
childishness
1. puerility
2. dotage
3. (ag ~) acting childishly; doting

Declension edit

Declension of leanbaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	leanbaíocht
Vocative	a leanbaíocht
Genitive	leanbaíochta
Dative	leanbaíocht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an leanbaíocht
Genitive	na leanbaíochta
Dative	leis an leanbaíocht don leanbaíocht

References edit

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