annamhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• annamhaíocht
• annúlacht

Etymology

From annamh (“rare, infrequent”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

annamhacht f (genitive singular annamhachta)

1. rareness, infrequency, rarity

Declension

Declension of annamhacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative annamhacht vocative a annamhacht genitive annamhachta dative annamhacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an annamhacht genitive na hannamhachta dative leis an annamhacht don annamhacht

Synonyms

• annaimhe f

Mutation

Mutated forms of annamhacht

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