diongbháilteacht

Irish

Alternative forms

diongmháltacht

Etymology

From diongbháilte (“worthy, fitting; firm, steadfast; constant, stable; fixed, secure; confirmed, positive; well-set, solid; self-assured, cocky”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

diongbháilteacht f (genitive singular diongbháilteachta)

worthiness, merit
firmness, steadfastness; constancy, stability
positiveness, decisiveness
staunchness, solidity
cocksureness

Declension

Declension of diongbháilteacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	diongbháilteacht
Vocative	a dhiongbháilteacht
Genitive	diongbháilteachta
Dative	diongbháilteacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an diongbháilteacht
Genitive	na diongbháilteachta
Dative	leis an diongbháilteacht don diongbháilteacht

Synonyms

seasmhacht f (“firmness, steadfastness, constancy”)

Derived terms

neamhdhiongbháilteacht f (“insecurity”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
diongbháilteacht	dhiongbháilteacht	ndiongbháilteacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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