dílseacht

Irish

Etymology

From dílis (“own; proper; genuine; reliable, solid; loyal, faithful; dear”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

dílseacht f (genitive singular dílseachta, nominative plural dílseachtaí)

1. proprietary right, ownership
2. property, attribute
3. genuineness, reliability
4. loyalty; fidelity, allegiance

Declension

Declension of dílseacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dílseacht dílseachtaí vocative a dhílseacht a dhílseachtaí genitive dílseachta dílseachtaí dative dílseacht dílseachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dílseacht na dílseachtaí genitive na dílseachta na ndílseachtaí dative leis an dílseacht don dílseacht leis na dílseachtaí

Derived terms

• ard-dílseacht (“high fidelity”)
• mídhílseacht (“disloyalty, unfaithfulness, infidelity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dílseacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dílseacht	dhílseacht	ndílseacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dílseacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN