blianacht

Irish

Etymology

bliain (year) +‎ -acht

Noun

blianacht f (genitive singular blianachta, nominative plural blianachtaí)

  1. annuity (savings plan)

Declension

Declension of blianacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative blianacht blianachtaí
vocative a bhlianacht a bhlianachtaí
genitive blianachta blianachtaí
dative blianacht blianachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhlianacht na blianachtaí
genitive na blianachta na mblianachtaí
dative leis an mblianacht
don bhlianacht
leis na blianachtaí

Derived terms

  • blianacht saoil (life annuity)
  • buanbhlianacht (perpetuity) (of payments)
  • ráta blianachta (annuity rate)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blianacht
radical lenition eclipsis
blianacht bhlianacht mblianacht

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) “blianacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • annuity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025