ropaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From ropaire (“thruster, stabber; violent person; cut-purse, robber; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

ropaireacht f (genitive singular ropaireachta)

1. stabbing, violence
2. snatching, thieving; villainy

Declension

Declension of ropaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative ropaireacht Vocative a ropaireacht Genitive ropaireachta Dative ropaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ropaireacht Genitive na ropaireachta Dative leis an ropaireacht don ropaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ropaireacht	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ropaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN