págántacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• págánacht, págántaíocht

Etymology

From págánta (“pagan, heathen”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

págántacht f (genitive singular págántachta)

1. paganism, heathenism

Declension

Declension of págántacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative págántacht vocative a phágántacht genitive págántachta dative págántacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phágántacht genitive na págántachta dative leis an bpágántacht don phágántacht

Related terms

• págánach m (“pagan, heathen”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of págántacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
págántacht	phágántacht	bpágántacht

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), “págántacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “paganism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “págánacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm