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

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
págántacht	phágántacht	bpágántacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “págánacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm