dánacht

dánacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dánacht (“boldness”). Equivalent to dána +‎ -acht.

Noun

dánacht f (genitive singular dánachta)

1. boldness, daring
2. audacity, effrontery

Declension

Declension of dánacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dánacht Vocative a dhánacht Genitive dánachta Dative dánacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dánacht Genitive na dánachta Dative leis an dánacht don dánacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dánacht	dhánacht	ndánacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "dánacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dánacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language