blianacht

Irish

Etymology

bliain (“year”) +‎ -acht

Noun

blianacht f (genitive singular blianachta, nominative plural blianachtaí)

1. annuity (savings plan)

Declension

Declension of blianacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative blianacht blianachtaí vocative a bhlianacht a bhlianachtaí genitive blianachta blianachtaí dative blianacht blianachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhlianacht na blianachtaí genitive na blianachta na mblianachtaí dative leis an mblianacht don bhlianacht leis na blianachtaí

Derived terms

• blianacht saoil (“life annuity”)
• buanbhlianacht (“perpetuity”) (of payments)
• ráta blianachta (“annuity rate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blianacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
blianacht	bhlianacht	mblianacht

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