reacaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From reacaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

reacaireacht f (genitive singular reacaireachta)

1. (music) recitative
2. declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing
3. declamation, narration, recitation, performance

Declension

Declension of reacaireacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an reacaireacht Genitive na reacaireachta Dative leis an reacaireacht don reacaireacht

Synonyms

• reacadóireacht
• (recitative): ceolreacaireacht
• (declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing): aithriseoireacht, insint
• (declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing, declamation, narration, recitation, performance): aithris

Related terms

• reic (“recite, narrate”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reacaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “narration”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “recitation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “recitative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024