loingseoireacht

Irish

Etymology

From loingseoir (“mariner, seaman, navigator”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

loingseoireacht f (genitive singular loingseoireachta)

1. seamanship, (skill in) navigation
2. (act of) seafaring, voyaging
3. shipping

Declension

Declension of loingseoireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative loingseoireacht Vocative a loingseoireacht Genitive loingseoireachta Dative loingseoireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an loingseoireacht Genitive na loingseoireachta Dative leis an loingseoireacht don loingseoireacht

Synonyms

• (shipping): loingeas

Derived terms

• aerloingseoireacht f (“aeronautics”)
• cairt loingseoireachta f (“navigator's chart, sea map”)
• oifigeach loingseoireachta m (“navigation officer”)

References

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