scaoilteacht

Irish

Etymology

From scaoilte (“loose”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

scaoilteacht f (genitive singular scaoilteachta)

1. looseness, slackness; laxity
2. (medicine) looseness of bowels, diarrhea
3. lavishness

Declension

Declension of scaoilteacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an scaoilteacht Genitive na scaoilteachta Dative leis an scaoilteacht don scaoilteacht

Derived terms

• tréscaoilteacht (“permeability”)

Related terms

• inní scaoilteacha, putóga scaoilteacha (“loose bowels”)

References

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