dearfacht

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From dearfa +‎ -acht.

Noun

dearfacht f (genitive singular dearfachta, nominative plural dearfachtaí)

1. certainty

   Synonyms: cinnteacht, deimhneacht

Declension

Declension of dearfacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dearfacht dearfachtaí Vocative a dhearfacht a dhearfachtaí Genitive dearfachta dearfachtaí Dative dearfacht dearfachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dearfacht na dearfachtaí Genitive na dearfachta na ndearfachtaí Dative leis an dearfacht don dearfacht leis na dearfachtaí

Related terms

• dearfach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dearfacht	dhearfacht	ndearfacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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