dearfacht

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From dearfa +‎ -acht.

Noun

dearfacht f (genitive singular dearfachta, nominative plural dearfachtaí)

1. certainty

   Synonyms: cinnteacht, deimhneacht

Declension

Declension of dearfacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dearfacht dearfachtaí vocative a dhearfacht a dhearfachtaí genitive dearfachta dearfachtaí dative dearfacht dearfachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dearfacht na dearfachtaí genitive na dearfachta na ndearfachtaí dative leis an dearfacht don dearfacht leis na dearfachtaí

Related terms

• dearfach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dearfacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dearfacht	dhearfacht	ndearfacht

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) “dearfacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dearfacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dearfacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024