cantaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cantairecht (“chant, act of chanting”), equivalent to cantaire (“chanter, chorister”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cantaireacht f (genitive singular cantaireachta)

1. (act of) chanting, singing
2. (act of) murmuring, complaining

Declension

Declension of cantaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cantaireacht Vocative a chantaireacht Genitive cantaireachta Dative cantaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chantaireacht Genitive na cantaireachta Dative leis an gcantaireacht don chantaireacht

Derived terms

• cantaireacht eaglasta f (“plain-chant, plainsong”)
• cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cantaireacht	chantaireacht	gcantaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cantaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cantaireacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cantaireacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.