carthanacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• carthannacht

Etymology

From carthain (“love, charity”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

carthanacht f (genitive singular carthanachta)

1. love, charity

   Synonym: carthanas

2. friendship, friendliness

   Synonym: cairdiúlacht

Declension

Declension of carthanacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative carthanacht Vocative a charthanacht Genitive carthanachta Dative carthanacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an charthanacht Genitive na carthanachta Dative leis an gcarthanacht don charthanacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carthanacht	charthanacht	gcarthanacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carthanacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carthanacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carthanacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024