uraiceacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish uraicecht, from Old Irish auraicept.[2] By surface analysis, ur- +‎ aiceacht.

Noun

uraiceacht m (genitive singular uraiceachta)

  1. primer (introductory textbook), first instruction
    Synonym: bunleabhar
  2. rudiments (fundamental principles or skills), elements (simplest or essential parts)
    Synonym: buntús
    uraiceacht léinn ― rudiments of learning

Declension
Declension of uraiceacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative uraiceacht
Vocative a uraiceacht
Genitive uraiceachta
Dative uraiceacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-uraiceacht
Genitive an uraiceachta
Dative leis an uraiceacht

don uraiceacht

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uraiceacht n-uraiceacht huraiceacht t-uraiceacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “uraiceapt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airaiccecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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