Oireachtas

See also: oireachtas

English

Etymology

From Irish Oireachtas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəktəs/

Proper noun

Oireachtas

1. The parliament of Ireland.
   • 2023 September 21, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Alarm over ‘fascist-like’ protest at Ireland’s seat of government”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Oireachtas, Ireland’s legislature, was put into a virtual lockdown for hours on Wednesday by a small but abusive group of about 200 people.

Irish

Etymology

From oireachtas (“parliament”), derived from oireacht (“assembled freemen”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾʲəxt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾʲa(h)t̪ˠəsˠ/

Proper noun

Oireachtas m (genitive Oireachtais)

1. The parliament of Ireland.

Declension

Declension of Oireachtas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Oireachtas Vocative a Oireachtais Genitive Oireachtais Dative Oireachtas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tOireachtas Genitive an Oireachtais Dative leis an Oireachtas don Oireachtas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Oireachtas	nOireachtas	hOireachtas	tOireachtas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.