tábhachtach

Irish

Etymology

From tábhacht (“importance, significance, substance; industry, thrift”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠɑːxt̪ˠəx]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠɑːwəxt̪ˠəx]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠæːwəxt̪ˠa(h)]

Adjective

tábhachtach (genitive singular masculine tábhachtaigh, genitive singular feminine tábhachtaí, plural tábhachtacha, comparative tábhachtaí)

  1. important, significant; substantial, consequential
  2. industrious, thrifty

Declension
Declension of tábhachtach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tábhachtach thábhachtach tábhachtacha;
thábhachtacha²
Vocative thábhachtaigh tábhachtacha
Genitive tábhachtaí tábhachtacha tábhachtach
Dative tábhachtach;
thábhachtach¹		 thábhachtach;
thábhachtaigh (archaic)		 tábhachtacha;
thábhachtacha²
Comparative níos tábhachtaí
Superlative is tábhachtaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tábhachtach thábhachtach dtábhachtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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