breabhsántacht

Irish

Etymology

From breabhsánta (“hale, sprightly; spruce”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

breabhsántacht f (genitive singular breabhsántachta)

1. sprightliness (in old age)
2. spruceness

Declension

Declension of breabhsántacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative breabhsántacht Vocative a bhreabhsántacht Genitive breabhsántachta Dative breabhsántacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhreabhsántacht Genitive na breabhsántachta Dative leis an mbreabhsántacht don bhreabhsántacht

Related terms

• breabhsaigh
• breabhsaire
• breabhsóg

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breabhsántacht	bhreabhsántacht	mbreabhsántacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breabhsántacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “breabhsántacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.