íosphraghas

íosphraghas

Irish

Etymology

íos- +‎ praghas (“price”)

Noun

íosphraghas m (genitive singular íosphraghais, nominative plural íosphraghsanna)

1. minimum price
   • June 2006, Pádraig Mac Éamoinn, Beo!, "Trasna na dtonnta"

     Is féidir leis an rialtas airgead a thabhairt dóibh ar dtús, chun costais tógála a íoc, nó íosphraghas leictreachais a ráthú ar feadh tríocha bliain.

     The government can give them money first, to pay construction costs, or guarantee a minimum price of electricity for thirty years.

   • 9 January 2012, Úna Ní Eidhin, Foinse, "An gcuirfear íosphraghas i bhfeidhm ar alcól?"

     Thug an tAire Roisín Shorthall le fios inniu ar an gclár Morning Ireland ar RTÉ go bhfuil plé a dhéanamh acu ar íosphraghas a chur i bhfeidhm ar alcól, chomh maith le bearta éagsúla eile.

     The Minister Roisín Shorthall indicated today on Morning Ireland on RTÉ that they are discussing applying a minimum price to alcohol, as well as various other measures.

Declension

Declension of íosphraghas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative íosphraghas íosphraghsanna Vocative a íosphraghais a íosphraghsanna Genitive íosphraghais íosphraghsanna Dative íosphraghas íosphraghsanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-íosphraghas na híosphraghsanna Genitive an íosphraghais na n-íosphraghsanna Dative leis an íosphraghas don íosphraghas leis na híosphraghsanna

Mutation

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

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta