ceacht

Irish

Etymology

Clipping of aiceacht, from Middle Irish aiccecht, from Old Irish aiccept, from Latin acceptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /caxt̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cæxt̪ˠ/

Noun

ceacht m or f (genitive singular ceachta, nominative plural ceachtanna)

1. lesson
2. recited passage, episode
3. exercise

Declension

Declension of ceacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceacht ceachtanna Vocative a cheacht a cheachtanna Genitive ceachta ceachtanna Dative ceacht ceachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceacht na ceachtanna Genitive an cheachta na gceachtanna Dative leis an gceacht don cheacht leis na ceachtanna

Alternative declension

Declension of ceacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceacht ceachtanna Vocative a cheacht a cheachtanna Genitive ceachta ceachtanna Dative ceacht ceachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheacht na ceachtanna Genitive na ceachta na gceachtanna Dative leis an gceacht don cheacht leis na ceachtanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceacht	cheacht	gceacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aiccecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language