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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of dánacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dánacht	dhánacht	ndánacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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