uraiceacht

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish uraicecht, from Old Irish auraicept.[2] By surface analysis, ur- +‎ aiceacht.

Noun[edit]

uraiceacht m (genitive singular uraiceachta)

  1. primer (introductory textbook), first instruction
    Synonym: bunleabhar
  2. rudiments (fundamental principles or skills), elements (simplest or essential parts)
    Synonym: buntús
    uraiceacht léinnrudiments of learning

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ uraiceapt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airaiccecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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