liostacht
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish listacht (“tediousness, importunity, listlessness, sloth”); synchronically, liosta (“slow, tedious; irksome, tiresome; persistent, importunate”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Declension
Declension of liostacht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
- liostachán m (“tiresome, importunate, person”)
- liostachas m (“listlessness, languidness; lingering illness”)
Further reading
- "liostacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “listacht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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