neasacht

Irish

Etymology

From neasa (“nearer, nearest”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

neasacht f (genitive singular neasachta, nominative plural neasachtaí)

  1. (literary) nearness, proximity
  2. immediacy, immediateness

Declension

Declension of neasacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative neasacht neasachtaí
vocative a neasacht a neasachtaí
genitive neasachta neasachtaí
dative neasacht neasachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an neasacht na neasachtaí
genitive na neasachta na neasachtaí
dative leis an neasacht
don neasacht 		leis na neasachtaí

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neasacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “immediacy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “proximity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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