ógántacht

Irish

Etymology

From ógánta (“youthful, adolescent”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

ógántacht f (genitive singular ógántachta)

1. youthfulness, adolescence

Declension

Declension of ógántacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ógántacht vocative a ógántacht genitive ógántachta dative ógántacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ógántacht genitive na hógántachta dative leis an ógántacht don ógántacht

Derived terms

• luathógántacht f
• réamhógántacht f (“preadolescence”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ógántacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ógántacht	n-ógántacht	hógántacht	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) “ógánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN