beachtas

Irish

Etymology

From beacht (“exact, precise”) +‎ -as.

Noun

beachtas m (genitive singular beachtais)

1. (computing, military, sports, etc.) accuracy, precision

   Synonym: cruinneas

Declension

Declension of beachtas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative beachtas Vocative a bheachtais Genitive beachtais Dative beachtas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an beachtas Genitive an bheachtais Dative leis an mbeachtas don bheachtas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beachtas	bheachtas	mbeachtas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

References

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