Gaeltacht
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)
- (Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.
Usage notes[edit]
- Both the native Irish plural Gaeltachtaí and the anglicised plural Gaeltachts are found in English usage.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed via English from Irish Gaeltacht.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Gaeltacht f (genitive Gaeltacht, plural Gaeltachten or Gaeltachtaí)
- Gaeltacht
Declension[edit]
Declension of Gaeltacht [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Gaeltacht | die | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
genitive | einer | der | Gaeltacht | der | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
dative | einer | der | Gaeltacht | den | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
accusative | eine | die | Gaeltacht | die | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Gaedhealtacht (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
- Gaedhealtachd (East Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Gael + -tacht (compare Old Irish goídelta). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidhealtachd.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Gaeltacht f (genitive singular Gaeltachta, nominative plural Gaeltachtaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Gaeltacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- Breac-Ghaeltacht (“mixed Irish- and English-speaking districts”)
- Gaeltacht Chiarraí (“the Kerry Gaeltacht”)
- Gaeltacht Chorcaí (“the Cork Gaeltacht”)
- Gaeltacht Dhún na nGall, Gaeltacht Thír Chonaill (“the Donegal Gaeltacht”)
- Gaeltacht Mhaigh Eo (“the Mayo Gaeltacht”)
- Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe (“the Galway Gaeltacht”)
- Gaeltacht na Mí (“the Meath Gaeltacht”)
- Gaeltacht Phort Láirge, Gaeltacht na nDéise (“the Waterford Gaeltacht”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Gaeltacht | Ghaeltacht | nGaeltacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gaeltacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Gaeltacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Gaeltacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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- German 2-syllable words
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- Irish terms suffixed with -tacht
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- Irish third-declension nouns