abacht

Irish

Etymology

From ab (“abbot”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abacht f (genitive singular abachta)

1. abbacy

   Synonym: abdhaine

Declension

Declension of abacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative abacht vocative a abacht genitive abachta dative abacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an abacht genitive na habachta dative leis an abacht don abacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of abacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abacht	n-abacht	habacht	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “abacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025