págánacht

Irish

Etymology

From págán (“pagan, heathen”, noun) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

págánacht f (genitive singular págánachta)

1. Alternative form of págántacht (“paganism, heathenism”)

Declension

Declension of págánacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative págánacht vocative a phágánacht genitive págánachta dative págánacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phágánacht genitive na págánachta dative leis an bpágánacht don phágánacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of págánacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
págánacht	phágánacht	bpágánacht

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) “págántacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “págánacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “págánacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm