éifeachtacht

Irish

Etymology

From éifeacht (“force, significance; efficacy, effect; value, importance; achievement, success”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

éifeachtacht f (genitive singular éifeachtachta)

1. efficacy, effectiveness
2. efficiency, competence

Declension

Declension of éifeachtacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative éifeachtacht vocative a éifeachtacht genitive éifeachtachta dative éifeachtacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an éifeachtacht genitive na héifeachtachta dative leis an éifeachtacht don éifeachtacht

Synonyms

• (effectiveness): críochnúlacht
• (efficiency): éifeachtúlacht

Antonyms

• neamhéifeachtacht

Related terms

• éifeachtach (“forceful, significant; efficacious, effective; important; great, powerful; highly capable”, adjective)
• éifeachtúil (“effectual”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of éifeachtacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éifeachtacht	n-éifeachtacht	héifeachtacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éifeachtacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN