rialtacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ríagaltacht (“religious profession; regularity, conformity with standard; regulating, government”). By surface analysis, rialta (“regular; bound by religious rule; habitual”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

rialtacht f (genitive singular rialtachta)

regularity; religious life

Declension

Declension of rialtacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	rialtacht
Vocative	a rialtacht
Genitive	rialtachta
Dative	rialtacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an rialtacht
Genitive	na rialtachta
Dative	leis an rialtacht don rialtacht

Related terms

rialtach (“regular”, adj)

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rialtacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ríagaltacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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