tábhacht

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tábhacht f (genitive singular tábhachta)

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

Declension

Declension of tábhacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative tábhacht
vocative a thábhacht
genitive tábhachta
dative tábhacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tábhacht
genitive na tábhachta
dative leis an tábhacht
don tábhacht

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

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