tagracht

Irish

Etymology

From tagra (“(act of) pleading, plea; disputation, argument; lawsuit”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

tagracht f (genitive singular tagrachta)

1. allusiveness
2. smartness, impertinence

Declension

Declension of tagracht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tagracht vocative a thagracht genitive tagrachta dative tagracht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tagracht genitive na tagrachta dative leis an tagracht don tagracht

Synonyms

• (impertinence): brusaireacht f, cocaireacht f, dosaireacht f, dradaireacht f, pastaireacht f, plucaireacht f, smuigíneacht f, táthaireacht f, teallaireacht f

Related terms

• tagrach (“allusive; canting; smartmouthed, impertinent”, adj)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tagracht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tagracht	thagracht	dtagracht

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tagracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN