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: Case Singular Plural Nominative blianacht blianachtaí Vocative a bhlianacht a bhlianachtaí Genitive blianachta blianachtaí Dative blianacht blianachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blianacht	bhlianacht	mblianacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blianacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “annuity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024