foirmiúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From foirmiúil (from foirm + -úil) + -acht.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠɔɾˠˈmʲuːl̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːlˠəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːl̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːlˠaxt̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠɔɾˠmʲuːl̪ˠaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

foirmiúlacht f (genitive singular foirmiúlachta)

  1. formality (state of being formal)

Declension
Declension of foirmiúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative foirmiúlacht
Vocative a fhoirmiúlacht
Genitive foirmiúlachta
Dative foirmiúlacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fhoirmiúlacht
Genitive na foirmiúlachta
Dative leis an bhfoirmiúlacht

don fhoirmiúlacht

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

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114

Further reading
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