-acht
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish -acht (compare Scottish Gaelic -achd).
Suffix edit
-acht f
- Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns roughly corresponding to English -ness, -hood, -ity, or -ure.
Usage notes edit
- This affix forms feminine nouns of the third declension. Abstract nouns do not have plural forms; however, concepts that refer to concrete items do have plurals in -aí.
Declension edit
Abstract nouns edit
Declension of -acht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Concrete nouns edit
Declension of -acht
Derived terms edit
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *-axtā, suffixal use of Proto-Celtic *axtā.
Suffix edit
-acht f
Usage notes edit
After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -echt.
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | -achtL | -achtL | -achtaH |
Vocative | -achtL | -achtL | -achtaH |
Accusative | -achtN | -achtL | -achtaH |
Genitive | -achtaeH | -achtL | -achtN |
Dative | -achtL | -achtaib | -achtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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