-íocht

See also: iocht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • -aíocht (after a broad consonant)
  • -idheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From -í + -acht.

Suffix

-íocht f

  1. suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives

Usage notes

Rarely added to monomorphemic adjectives, more commonly to adjectives ending in -ánta.[1]

Declension
Declension of -íocht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -íocht -íochtaí
Vocative a -íocht a -íochtaí
Genitive -íochta -íochtaí
Dative -íocht -íochtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -íocht na -íochtaí
Genitive na -íochta na -íochtaí
Dative leis an -íocht

don -íocht

 leis na -íochtaí

Derived terms
Irish terms suffixed with -íocht

References
  1. Doyle, Aidan (1992) Noun Derivation in Modern Irish: Selected Categories, Rules and Suffixes, Lublin: Redakcja Wydawnictw Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, →ISBN, § 2.1.7, pages 40–43
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