fabhtacht

Irish

Etymology

From fabht (“fault, flaw; hidden defect; unsoundness at core”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

fabhtacht f (genitive singular fabhtachta)

1. hollowness, unsoundness; deceptiveness

   Synonym: fabhtaíl

Declension

Declension of fabhtacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative fabhtacht Vocative a fhabhtacht Genitive fabhtachta Dative fabhtacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhabhtacht Genitive na fabhtachta Dative leis an bhfabhtacht don fhabhtacht

Related terms

• fabhtach (“faulty, flawed; hollow at core, unsound; deceptive, treacherous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhtacht	fhabhtacht	bhfabhtacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fabhtacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm