blastacht

Irish

Etymology

From blasta (“tasty”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

blastacht f (genitive singular blastachta)

1. tastiness, flavour, relish, savouriness, spiciness

Declension

Declension of blastacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative blastacht Vocative a bhlastacht Genitive blastachta Dative blastacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhlastacht Genitive na blastachta Dative leis an mblastacht don bhlastacht

Related terms

• dea-bhlastacht (“palatability”)
• so-bhlastacht (“tastiness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blastacht	bhlastacht	mblastacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blastacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blastacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language