buacacht

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

buacacht f (genitive singular buacachta)

1. loftiness
2. richness, luxuriance
3. buoyancy

Declension

Declension of buacacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative buacacht vocative a bhuacacht genitive buacachta dative buacacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhuacacht genitive na buacachta dative leis an mbuacacht don bhuacacht

Related terms

• buacach (“overtopping, lofty; rich, luxuriant; buoyant”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buacacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buacacht	bhuacacht	mbuacacht

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) “buacacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN