bardacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• bárdacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From barda (“garrison; guard; ward”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

bardacht f (genitive singular bardachta)

1. wardenship, guardianship, protection
2. act of guarding, garrisoning

Declension

Declension of bardacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bardacht Vocative a bhardacht Genitive bardachta Dative bardacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhardacht Genitive na bardachta Dative leis an mbardacht don bhardacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bardacht	bhardacht	mbardacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bardacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bárdacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language