abarthacht

Irish

Etymology

From abartha (“given to repartee”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

abarthacht f (genitive singular abarthachta)

1. wittiness (in repartee)

Declension

Declension of abarthacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative abarthacht vocative a abarthacht genitive abarthachta dative abarthacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an abarthacht genitive na habarthachta dative leis an abarthacht don abarthacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of abarthacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abarthacht	n-abarthacht	habarthacht	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) “abarthacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “abarthacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025