macaomhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• macaomhnacht

Etymology

From Old Irish maccoímdacht, maccoímnacht (“the qualities proper to youth; youthful vigour or prowess”). By surface analysis, macaomh (“young person, youth”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

macaomhacht f (genitive singular macaomhachta)

1. youth, youthfulness
2. youthful beauty

Declension

Declension of macaomhacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative macaomhacht Vocative a mhacaomhacht Genitive macaomhachta Dative macaomhacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mhacaomhacht Genitive na macaomhachta Dative leis an macaomhacht don mhacaomhacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
macaomhacht	mhacaomhacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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