abacht

Irish

Etymology

From ab (abbot) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abacht f (genitive singular abachta)

  1. abbacy
    Synonym: abdhaine

Declension

Declension of abacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative abacht
vocative a abacht
genitive abachta
dative abacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an abacht
genitive na habachta
dative leis an abacht
don abacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of abacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
abacht n-abacht habacht 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) “abacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • abacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025