beogacht

Irish

Etymology

From beoga (“lively, sprightly”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix) (compare Old Irish béodacht f (“liveliness, vigour”), from béodae (“living, animate; lively, active, vigorous”)).

Noun

beogacht f (genitive singular beogachta)

liveliness, vitality, sprightliness

Declension

Declension of beogacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	beogacht
Vocative	a bheogacht
Genitive	beogachta
Dative	beogacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an bheogacht
Genitive	na beogachta
Dative	leis an mbeogacht don bheogacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beogacht	bheogacht	mbeogacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"beogacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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