tábhacht
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish tadbacht, from do·adbat (“show, point out”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittábhacht f (genitive singular tábhachta)
Declension
editDeclension of tábhacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
edit- (thrift): barainn
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “significance”): suntas, suntasacht
Derived terms
edit- neamhthábhacht f (“immateriality”)
- tábhachtach (“important, significant; substantial, consequential; industrious, thrifty”, adjective)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tábhacht | thábhacht | dtábhacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tábhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75