castacht

Irish

Etymology

From casta (“complicated, intricate, involved”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

castacht f (genitive singular castachta)

1. complexity, intricacy

Declension

Declension of castacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative castacht Vocative a chastacht Genitive castachta Dative castacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chastacht Genitive na castachta Dative leis an gcastacht don chastacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
castacht	chastacht	gcastacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “castacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “castacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “castacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.