litearthacht
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish literdacht f (“booklearning, literature”), from literda (“literary, literal”, adjective). By surface analysis, liteartha (“literary; literate”) + -acht.
Declension
Declension of litearthacht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “literacy”): neamhlitearthacht
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “litearthacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “literacy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “literdacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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