dánacht

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

dánacht f (genitive singular dánachta)

boldness, daring
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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dánacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dánacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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