alpaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • alpaíl f

Etymology

From alpaire (voracious eater; grabber) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

alpaireacht f (genitive singular alpaireachta)

  1. (act of) bolting food; voracious eating
  2. (act of) grabbing

Declension

Mutation

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

References

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