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beacht

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish becht (“exact, precise, accurate; sure, certain; complete, entire”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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beacht (genitive singular masculine beacht, genitive singular feminine beaichte, plural beachta, comparative beaichte)

  1. exact, precise

Declension

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Declension of beacht
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative beacht bheacht beachta;
bheachta²
Vocative bheacht beachta
Genitive beaichte beachta beacht
Dative beacht;
bheacht¹ 		bheacht;
bheacht (archaic) 		beachta;
bheachta²
Comparative níos beaichte
Superlative is beaichte

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Noun

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beacht m (genitive singular beachta)

  1. exact measure; exact position

Declension

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Declension of beacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative beacht
Vocative a bheacht
Genitive beachta
Dative beacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an beacht
Genitive an bheachta
Dative leis an mbeacht

don bheacht

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beacht bheacht mbeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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