oireachtas
See also: Oireachtas
Irish
Alternative forms
- oireachtus, oirechtas, oirechtus (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish airechtas; surface analysis oireacht + -as.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲa(x)t̪ˠəsˠ/
Noun
oireachtas m (genitive singular oireachtais, nominative plural oireachtais)
- assembly (legislative body)
- Synonyms: comhthionól, tionól
- gathering (get-together, social function)
- Synonym: tionól
- meeting (gathering for a purpose)
- Synonym: cruinniú
Declension
Declension of oireachtas
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- Oireachtas
- → English: Oireachtas
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oireachtas | n-oireachtas | hoireachtas | t-oireachtas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “oireachtas” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airechtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “oireaċtas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 529.
- "oireachtas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36