buacacht

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

buacacht f (genitive singular buacachta)

1. loftiness
2. richness, luxuriance
3. buoyancy

Declension

Declension of buacacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative buacacht Vocative a bhuacacht Genitive buacachta Dative buacacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhuacacht Genitive na buacachta Dative leis an mbuacacht don bhuacacht

Related terms

• buacach (“overtopping, lofty; rich, luxuriant; buoyant”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buacacht	bhuacacht	mbuacacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buacacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN