oifig

oifig

Irish

Alternative forms

• oifige (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish oific, from Latin officium.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪfʲɪɟ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛfʲɪc/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔfʲɪc/

Noun

oifig f (genitive singular oifige, nominative plural oifigí)

1. office
2. bureau

   Synonym: biúró

Declension

Declension of oifig

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oifig oifigí Vocative a oifig a oifigí Genitive oifige oifigí Dative oifig oifigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an oifig na hoifigí Genitive na hoifige na n-oifigí Dative leis an oifig don oifig leis na hoifigí

Derived terms

• ardoifig (“headquarters”)
• fo-oifig (“suboffice”)
• oifigeach (“officer, official”)
• oifigiúil (“official”)
• príomhoifig (“headquarters”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oifig	n-oifig	hoifig	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish oific, from Latin officium.

Noun

oifig f (genitive singular oifige, plural oifigean)

1. Synonym of oifis

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oifig	n-oifig	h-oifig	t-oifig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.