macaomhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• macaomhnacht

Etymology

From Old Irish maccoímdacht, maccoímnacht (“the qualities proper to youth; youthful vigour or prowess”). By surface analysis, macaomh (“young person, youth”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

macaomhacht f (genitive singular macaomhachta)

1. youth, youthfulness
2. youthful beauty

Declension

Declension of macaomhacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative macaomhacht vocative a mhacaomhacht genitive macaomhachta dative macaomhacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhacaomhacht genitive na macaomhachta dative leis an macaomhacht don mhacaomhacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of macaomhacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
macaomhacht	mhacaomhacht	not applicable

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) “macaomhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “macaomhacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024