pailéagrafaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From pailé- (“paleo-”) +‎ -grafaíocht (“-graphy”).

Noun

pailéagrafaíocht f (genitive singular pailéagrafaíochta)

1. paleography

Declension

Declension of pailéagrafaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative pailéagrafaíocht Vocative a phailéagrafaíocht Genitive pailéagrafaíochta Dative pailéagrafaíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an phailéagrafaíocht Genitive na pailéagrafaíochta Dative leis an bpailéagrafaíocht don phailéagrafaíocht

Related terms

• pailéagrafach (“paleographic”, adjective)
• pailéagrafaí m (“palaeographer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pailéagrafaíocht	phailéagrafaíocht	bpailéagrafaíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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