saillteacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sailltecht, from Old Irish saillte (“salted, salty”).

Noun

saillteacht f (genitive singular saillteachta)

1. saltiness (of meat, etc.)

Declension

Declension of saillteacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative saillteacht Vocative a shaillteacht Genitive saillteachta Dative saillteacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tsaillteacht Genitive na saillteachta Dative leis an tsaillteacht don tsaillteacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saillteacht	shaillteacht after an, tsaillteacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sailltecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saillteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN