oireacht

oireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• aireacht

Etymology

From Old Irish airecht.

Noun

oireacht m or f (genitive singular oireachta, nominative plural oireachtaí)

1. (historical)
   1. deliberative assembly of freemen
   2. assembled freemen; assembly, gathering
2. patrimony, territory

Declension

Declension of oireacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oireacht oireachtaí Vocative a oireacht a oireachtaí Genitive oireachta oireachtaí Dative oireacht oireachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oireacht na hoireachtaí Genitive an oireachta na n-oireachtaí Dative leis an oireacht don oireacht leis na hoireachtaí

Alternative declension (feminine)

Declension of oireacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oireacht oireachtaí Vocative a oireacht a oireachtaí Genitive oireachta oireachtaí Dative oireacht oireachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an oireacht na hoireachtaí Genitive na hoireachta na n-oireachtaí Dative leis an oireacht don oireacht leis na hoireachtaí

Synonyms

• (assembly, gathering): tionól, comhthionól

Derived terms

• oireachtas m

Mutation

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

References

• "oireacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 airecht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN