intleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish int(ṡ)liucht, intlecht, from Latin intellēctus, from intellegō (“I understand”).

Noun

intleacht f (genitive singular intleachta, nominative plural intleachtaí)

1. intellect, intelligence

Declension

Declension of intleacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative intleacht intleachtaí vocative a intleacht a intleachtaí genitive intleachta intleachtaí dative intleacht intleachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an intleacht na hintleachtaí genitive na hintleachta na n-intleachtaí dative leis an intleacht don intleacht leis na hintleachtaí

Derived terms

• intleacht shaorga f (“artificial intelligence”)
• intleachtach (“ingenious”, adjective)
• intleachtúil (“intellectual”, adjective)
• lucht intleachta (“intelligentsia”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of intleacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
intleacht	n-intleacht	hintleacht	not applicable

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) “intleacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “int(ṡ)liucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language