postúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From postúil (“self-important, conceited”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

postúlacht f (genitive singular postúlachta)

1. self-importance, conceit

   Synonyms: ainionadh, anbharúil, mórchúis, postúlacht

Declension

Declension of postúlacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative postúlacht vocative a phostúlacht genitive postúlachta dative postúlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phostúlacht genitive na postúlachta dative leis an bpostúlacht don phostúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of postúlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
postúlacht	phostúlacht	bpostúlacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “postúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “postúlacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “postúlacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024