abhlóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• amhlóireacht

Etymology

From Old Irish oblóirecht f (“jugglery”), from oblóir, ablóir, oblaire m (“juggler, rhymester; the tenth or lowest class of poet”). By surface analysis, abhlóir (“buffoon, fool; boor; confused, bewildered, person”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abhlóireacht f (genitive singular abhlóireachta)

1. (act of) clowning, playing the fool; buffoonery

Declension

Declension of abhlóireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative abhlóireacht Vocative a abhlóireacht Genitive abhlóireachta Dative abhlóireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an abhlóireacht Genitive na habhlóireachta Dative leis an abhlóireacht don abhlóireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhlóireacht	n-abhlóireacht	habhlóireacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhlóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oblóirecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “abhlóireacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.