beachtas

Irish

Etymology

From beacht (“exact, precise”) +‎ -as.

Noun

beachtas m (genitive singular beachtais)

1. (computing, military, sports, etc.) accuracy, precision

   Synonym: cruinneas

Declension

Declension of beachtas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative beachtas vocative a bheachtais genitive beachtais dative beachtas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an beachtas genitive an bheachtais dative leis an mbeachtas don bheachtas

Mutation

Mutated forms of beachtas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beachtas	bheachtas	mbeachtas

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) “beachtas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “accuracy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beachtas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm