breabhsántacht

Irish

Etymology

From breabhsánta (“hale, sprightly; spruce”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

breabhsántacht f (genitive singular breabhsántachta)

1. sprightliness (in old age)
2. spruceness

Declension

Declension of breabhsántacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative breabhsántacht vocative a bhreabhsántacht genitive breabhsántachta dative breabhsántacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhreabhsántacht genitive na breabhsántachta dative leis an mbreabhsántacht don bhreabhsántacht

Related terms

• breabhsaigh
• breabhsaire
• breabhsóg

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of breabhsántacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breabhsántacht	bhreabhsántacht	mbreabhsántacht

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) “breabhsántacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breabhsántacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm