péintéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From péintéir (“painter”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

péintéireacht f (genitive singular péintéireachta)

1. painting (picture in paint)

   Synonym: pictiúr

2. painting (action of applying paint artistically)

   Synonym: péinteáil

Declension

Declension of péintéireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative péintéireacht Vocative a phéintéireacht Genitive péintéireachta Dative péintéireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an phéintéireacht Genitive na péintéireachta Dative leis an bpéintéireacht don phéintéireacht

Derived terms

• beo-phéintéireacht
• péintéireacht ola (“oil-painting”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
péintéireacht	phéintéireacht	bpéintéireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péintéireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “péintéireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “péintéireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024