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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: -acht

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===Etymology===

 

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|sga|ga}} {{term|-acht|lang=sga}} (compare {{gd}} {{l/gd|-achd}}).

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From {{etyl|sga|ga}} {{term|-acht|lang=sga}} (compare {{etyl|gd|-}} {{term|-achd|lang=gd}}).

   
 

===Suffix===

 

===Suffix===


Latest revision as of 23:31, 22 June 2013

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish -acht (compare Scottish Gaelic -achd).

Suffix[edit]

-acht f

  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns roughly corresponding to English -ness, -hood, -ity, or -ure.

Usage notes[edit]

  • This affix forms feminine nouns of the third declension. Abstract nouns do not have plural forms; however, concepts that refer to concrete items do have plurals in -aí.
Declension[edit]

Abstract nouns:

Declension of -acht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative -acht
Vocative a -acht
Genitive -achta
Dative -acht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an -acht
Genitive na -achta
Dative leis an -acht

don -acht

Concrete nouns:

Declension of -acht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -acht -achtaí
Vocative a -acht a -achtaí
Genitive -achta -achtaí
Dative -acht -achtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -acht na -achtaí
Genitive na -achta na -achtaí
Dative leis an -acht

don -acht

leis na -achtaí

Derived terms[edit]


Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-acht f

  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns roughly corresponding to English -ness, -hood, -ity, or -ure.

Usage notes[edit]

  • This affix forms a-stem nouns.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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