leanbaíocht

== Irish == === Alternative forms === leanbacht leanbánacht leanbántacht leanbhaíocht === Etymology === From Old Irish lenbaidecht f (“childishness; childish pursuits, childish play”), from lenbaide (“childish, puerile”, adjective). By surface analysis, leanbaí (“childlike, innocent; childish, infantile; puerile; doting”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix). === Noun === leanbaíocht f (genitive singular leanbaíochta) childhood childishness puerility dotage (ag ~) acting childishly; doting ==== Declension ==== === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leanbaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lenbaidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language