imeacht

Irish

Alternative forms

imtheacht (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmʲaxt̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲəxt̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

imeacht m or f (genitive singular imeachta, nominative plural imeachtaí)

verbal noun of imigh
going, departure
demand (ar (“for”))
elopement
1. course, passage
2. (rate of) progress
gait, bearing, demeanour
proceeding, transaction
(plural) ways, directions

Declension

Declension of imeacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	imeacht	imeachtaí
Vocative	a imeacht	a imeachtaí
Genitive	imeachta	imeachtaí
Dative	imeacht	imeachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-imeacht	na himeachtaí
Genitive	an imeachta	na n-imeachtaí
Dative	leis an imeacht don imeacht	leis na himeachtaí

Alternative declension

Declension of imeacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	imeacht	imeachtaí
Vocative	a imeacht	a imeachtaí
Genitive	imeachta	imeachtaí
Dative	imeacht	imeachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an imeacht	na himeachtaí
Genitive	na himeachta	na n-imeachtaí
Dative	leis an imeacht don imeacht	leis na himeachtaí

Derived terms

Breatimeacht (“Brexit”)
imeachtach (“going, moving, travelling; speedy”, adjective)
imeachtaí m (“goer, traveller”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"imeacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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