breabhsántacht

Irish

Etymology

From breabhsánta (“hale, sprightly; spruce”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

breabhsántacht f (genitive singular breabhsántachta)

1. sprightliness (in old age)
2. spruceness

Declension

Declension of breabhsántacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative breabhsántacht Vocative a bhreabhsántacht Genitive breabhsántachta Dative breabhsántacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhreabhsántacht Genitive na breabhsántachta Dative leis an mbreabhsántacht don bhreabhsántacht

Related terms

• breabhsaigh (“perk up”, verb)
• breabhsaire (“spruce, sprightly person”)
• breabhsóg (“spruce, sprightly woman”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breabhsántacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN