sástacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• sástaíocht

Etymology

From sásta (“satisfied, contented, pleased; agreeable, willing; handy”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

sástacht f (genitive singular sástachta)

1. satisfaction; contentment, ease
2. agreeableness, willingness
3. handiness

Declension

Declension of sástacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sástacht vocative a shástacht genitive sástachta dative sástacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsástacht genitive na sástachta dative leis an tsástacht don tsástacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of sástacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sástacht	shástacht after an, tsástacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sástacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sástacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sástacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024