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-íocht
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iocht
Irish
Alternative forms
ga -aíocht after a broad consonant
ga -idheacht obsolete
Etymology
From ga -í + ga -acht.
Suffix
n f
suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
Usage notes
Rarely added to monomorphemic adjectives, more commonly to adjectives ending in ga -ánta.Aidan Doyle Noun Derivation in Modern Irish: Selected Categories, Rules and Suffixes Redakcja Wydawnictw Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Lublin 1992 40–43 § 2.1.7 83-228-0271-4
Declension
- íocht íochta íochtaí
Derived terms
ga
References