págánta

Irish

Etymology

From Latin pāgānus (“rural, rustic”) + -ta.

Adjective

págánta

1. pagan, heathen, heathenish

   Synonym: págánach

Derived terms

• págántacht f (“paganism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of págánta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
págánta	phágánta	bpágánta

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) “págánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “pagan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “págánta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm