litearrachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish literdacht f (“booklearning, literature”), from literda (“literary, literal”). By surface analysis, litearra +‎ -achd.

Noun

litearrachd f (genitive singular litearrachd, plural litearrachdan)

1. literacy

Related terms

• litir

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “literdacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language