págánacht

Irish

Etymology

From págán (“pagan, heathen”, noun) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

págánacht f (genitive singular págánachta)

1. Alternative form of págántacht (“paganism, heathenism”)

Declension

Declension of págánacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative págánacht Vocative a phágánacht Genitive págánachta Dative págánacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an phágánacht Genitive na págánachta Dative leis an bpágánacht don phágánacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
págánacht	phágánacht	bpágánacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “págántacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “págánacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “págánacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.