tábhacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tadbacht, from do·adbat (“show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑːxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːwa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

tábhacht f (genitive singular tábhachta)

1. importance; significance, substance
2. industry, thrift

Declension

Declension of tábhacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative tábhacht vocative a thábhacht genitive tábhachta dative tábhacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an tábhacht genitive na tábhachta dative leis an tábhacht don tábhacht

Synonyms

• (thrift): barainn

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “significance”): suntas, suntasacht

Derived terms

• neamhthábhacht f (“immateriality”)
• tábhachtach (“important, significant; substantial, consequential; industrious, thrifty”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tábhacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tábhacht	thábhacht	dtábhacht

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) “tábhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75