nuacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• nuaíocht (Galway)
• nuadhacht, nuaidheachd, nuaidheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From nua, nuadh +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nˠuəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

nuacht f (genitive singular nuachta, uncountable)

1. news (information, current events; news broadcast)
2. (archaic) freshness, novelty

Declension

Declension of nuacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative nuacht vocative a nuacht genitive nuachta dative nuacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an nuacht genitive na nuachta dative leis an nuacht don nuacht

Derived terms

• bréagnuacht (“fake news”)
• nuachtán (“newspaper”)

Further reading

• A. Palandri, Ú. Bhreathnach, M. Měchura, G. Ó Cleircín, and B. Ó Raghallaigh, (2026), “nuacht”, in Taisce Chanúintí na Gaeilge - Repository of Irish Dialects‎^[1] (in Irish and English), Dublin City University
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “nuaḋaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 801; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “nuacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN