meadaracht

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

meadaracht f (genitive singular meadarachta, nominative plural meadarachtaí)

1. (prosody) meter
2. (literature, music) metrics

Declension

Declension of meadaracht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meadaracht meadarachtaí Vocative a mheadaracht a mheadarachtaí Genitive meadarachta meadarachtaí Dative meadaracht meadarachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mheadaracht na meadarachtaí Genitive na meadarachta na meadarachtaí Dative leis an meadaracht don mheadaracht leis na meadarachtaí

Derived terms

• aiste mheadarachta
• scéim mheadarachta

Related terms

• meadarach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meadaracht	mheadaracht	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) “meadaracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “meadaracht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “meadaracht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.