filíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish filidecht (“poetry, divination”).[1] By surface analysis, file +‎ -íocht

Pronunciation

Noun

filíocht f (genitive singular filíochta)

  1. poetry

Declension
Declension of filíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative filíocht
Vocative a fhilíocht
Genitive filíochta
Dative filíocht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fhilíocht
Genitive na filíochta
Dative leis an bhfilíocht

don fhilíocht

Synonyms
  • dánta

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
filíocht fhilíocht bhfilíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “filidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111

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