spreagthacht

Irish

Etymology

From spreagadh (“urging, incitement; incentive, encouragement; excitation, stimulus”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

spreagthacht f (genitive singular spreagthachta)

1. incitation, stimulation
2. (medicine) excitement

Declension

Declension of spreagthacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative spreagthacht vocative a spreagthacht genitive spreagthachta dative spreagthacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an spreagthacht genitive na spreagthachta dative leis an spreagthacht don spreagthacht

Derived terms

• róspreagthacht f (“overstimulation”)

Related terms

• spreagthach (“inciting, stimulating; excitant”, adj)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “spreagthacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN