scaoilteacht

Irish

Etymology

From scaoilte (“loose”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

scaoilteacht f (genitive singular scaoilteachta)

  1. looseness, slackness; laxity
  2. (medicine) looseness of bowels, diarrhea
  3. lavishness

Declension
Declension of scaoilteacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative scaoilteacht
Vocative a scaoilteacht
Genitive scaoilteachta
Dative scaoilteacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an scaoilteacht
Genitive na scaoilteachta
Dative leis an scaoilteacht

don scaoilteacht

Derived terms
  • inní scaoilteacha, putóga scaoilteacha (“loose bowels”)

References
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