piocthacht

Irish

Etymology

From pioctha +‎ -acht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪkəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈpʲʊkəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

piocthacht f (genitive singular piocthachta)

1. neatness, spruceness

Declension

Declension of piocthacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative piocthacht Vocative a phiocthacht Genitive piocthachta Dative piocthacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an phiocthacht Genitive na piocthachta Dative leis an bpiocthacht don phiocthacht

Descendants

• → Yola: parcheka

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
piocthacht	phiocthacht	bpiocthacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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