ardoifigeach

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ oifigeach.

Noun

ardoifigeach m (genitive singular ardoifigigh, nominative plural ardoifigigh)

1. high-ranking officer
2. higher official

Declension

Declension of ardoifigeach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ardoifigeach ardoifigigh Vocative a ardoifigigh a ardoifigeacha Genitive ardoifigigh ardoifigeach Dative ardoifigeach ardoifigigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ardoifigeach na hardoifigigh Genitive an ardoifigigh na n-ardoifigeach Dative leis an ardoifigeach don ardoifigeach leis na hardoifigigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardoifigeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN