oifigeach

oifigeach

Irish

Alternative forms

• oificeach

Etymology

From Old Irish oificech (“a person discharging duties of a post, an official, officer”), from oific (“office”).

Noun

oifigeach m (genitive singular oifigigh, nominative plural oifigigh)

1. officer (of police; military; business)
2. official (executive; of government)

Declension

Declension of oifigeach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oifigeach oifigigh Vocative a oifigigh a oifigeacha Genitive oifigigh oifigeach Dative oifigeach oifigigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oifigeach na hoifigigh Genitive an oifigigh na n-oifigeach Dative leis an oifigeach don oifigeach leis na hoifigigh

Synonyms

• feidhmeannach
• garda
• saighdiúir

Derived terms

• fo-oifigeach (“subordinate officer, subaltern; subordinate official”)
• má-oifigeach (“field-officer”)
• oifigeach barántais (“warrant officer”)
• oifigeach ceannais (“commanding officer”)
• oifigeach coimisiúnta (“commissioned officer”)
• oifigeach feidhmiúcháin (“executive officer”)
• oifigeach foirne (“staff officer”)
• oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta (“non-commissioned officer”)
• oifigeach promhaidh (“probation officer”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• "oifigeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “oificech”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN