sagartacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• sagartachd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish sacartacht. By surface analysis, sagart +‎ -acht.

Noun

sagartacht f (genitive singular sagartachta)

1. priesthood

   Synonym: sagartóireacht

Declension

Declension of sagartacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative sagartacht Vocative a shagartacht Genitive sagartachta Dative sagartacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tsagartacht Genitive na sagartachta Dative leis an tsagartacht don tsagartacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sagartacht	shagartacht after an, tsagartacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “sagartacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sacartacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sagartaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 586
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sagartacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN