# imeacht
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* imtheacht (superseded)

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /(ɪ)ˈmʲaxt̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈimʲəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈɪmʲaxt̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɨmʲa(x)t̪ˠ/, /ˈɪmʲæxt̪ˠ/

### Noun

imeacht m or f (genitive singular imeachta, nominative plural imeachtaí)
* verbal noun of imigh
* going, departure
* passage (act of passing; movement across or through)
* gait (horse's way of moving)
* (in the plural) proceedings, transactions

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
imeacht
imeachtaí
vocative
a imeacht
a imeachtaí
genitive
imeachta
imeachtaí
dative
imeacht
imeachtaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-imeacht
na himeachtaí
genitive
an imeachta
na n-imeachtaí
dative
leis an imeacht don imeacht
leis na himeachtaí :

##### Alternative declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
imeacht
imeachtaí
vocative
a imeacht
a imeachtaí
genitive
imeachta
imeachtaí
dative
imeacht
imeachtaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an imeacht
na himeachtaí
genitive
na himeachta
na n-imeachtaí
dative
leis an imeacht don imeacht
leis na himeachtaí :

#### Derived terms

* Breatimeacht (“Brexit”)
* imeachtach (“going, moving, travelling; speedy”, adjective)
* imeachtaí m (“goer, traveller”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 44, page 11
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 372, page 116; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 47, page 47
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 141
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 349
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 128, page 30
* ↑ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 221, page 22
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 101, page 40
* ↑ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 270
* ↑ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 194, page 70; reprinted 1979

### Further reading

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