beacht
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish becht (“exact, precise, accurate; sure, certain; complete, entire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲaxt̪ˠ/
Adjective
beacht (genitive singular masculine beacht, genitive singular feminine beaichte, plural beachta, comparative beaichte)
- exact, precise
Declension
Declension of beacht
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beacht | bheacht | beachta; bheachta² | |
| Vocative | bheacht | beachta | ||
| Genitive | beaichte | beachta | beacht | |
| Dative | beacht; bheacht¹ | bheacht; bheacht (archaic) | beachta; bheachta² | |
| Comparative | níos beaichte | |||
| Superlative | is beaichte | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- cruinn
- (exact): baileach
- (precise): gonta
Antonyms
- ainbheacht
- neamhbheacht
Derived terms
- beachtaigh (“correct; criticize”, verb)
- beachtaí m (“critical, captious person”)
- beachtas m (“accuracy, precision”)
Related terms
- beachtaíoch (“critical, captious”, adjective)
- beachtaíocht f (“exactitude; criticism, captiousness”)
Noun
beacht m (genitive singular beachta)
- exact measure; exact position
Declension
Declension of beacht
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beacht | bheacht | mbeacht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "beacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “becht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.