impireacht

Irish

Etymology

From impire (“emperor”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

impireacht f (genitive singular impireachta, nominative plural impireachtaí)

1. empire

Declension

Declension of impireacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative impireacht impireachtaí Vocative a impireacht a impireachtaí Genitive impireachta impireachtaí Dative impireacht impireachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an impireacht na himpireachtaí Genitive na himpireachta na n-impireachtaí Dative leis an impireacht don impireacht leis na himpireachtaí

Derived terms

• An Naomh-Impireacht Rómhánach, Impireacht Naofa na Róimhe f (“the Holy Roman Empire”)
• Impireacht an Iarthair f (“the Western Empire”)
• Impireacht na Bablóine f (“the Babylonian Empire”)
• Impireacht na bhFranc f (“the Frankish Empire”)
• Impireacht na Breataine f (“the British Empire”)
• Impireacht na Cartaige f (“the Carthaginian Empire”)
• Impireacht na gCiméarach f, An Impireacht Chiméarach f (“the Khmer Empire”)
• Impireacht na Gearmáine f (“the German Empire”)
• Impireacht na hAcáide f (“the Akkadian Empire”)
• Impireacht na hAisiria f (“the Assyrian Empire”)
• Impireacht na Hiteach f (“the Hittite Empire”)
• Impireacht na Mógal f (“the Mogul Empire”)
• Impireacht na Mongólach f (“the Mongol Empire”)
• Impireacht na nAstacach f (“the Aztec Empire”)
• Impireacht na nAvárach f (“the Avar Empire”)
• Impireacht na Pairtia f (“the Parthian Empire”)
• Impireacht na Peirse f (“the Persian Empire”)
• Impireacht na Róimhe f (“the Roman Empire”)

 

Related terms

• impiriúil (“imperial”, adjective)
• impiriúlachas m (“imperialism”)
• impiriúlaí m (“imperialist”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “impireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “impireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “impireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024