nuacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• nuadhacht (obsolete)
• nuaidheacht, nuaidheachd (Ulster)
• nuaíocht (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From nua, nuadh +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nˠuˑəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

nuacht f (genitive singular nuachta)

1. news (information, current events; news broadcast)
2. (archaic) freshness, novelty

Declension

Declension of nuacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative nuacht vocative a nuacht genitive nuachta dative nuacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an nuacht genitive na nuachta dative leis an nuacht don nuacht

Derived terms

• nuachtán (“newspaper”)
• bréagnuacht (“fake news”)

References

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