oráiste

Irish

Etymology

From earlier oráitse, borrowed from a Romance language.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [əˈɾˠɑːʃtʲə]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾˠɑːʃtʲə]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾˠæʃtʲə]

Noun

oráiste m (genitive singular oráiste, nominative plural oráistí)

1. an orange

Declension

Declension of oráiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oráiste oráistí Vocative a oráiste a oráistí Genitive oráiste oráistí Dative oráiste oráistí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oráiste na horáistí Genitive an oráiste na n-oráistí Dative leis an oráiste don oráiste leis na horáistí

Adjective

oráiste

1. orange-coloured
   • 27 Oct 2004 "Bliain an fhoclora", The Irish Times

     Bhí picadors bhána agus penguins oráiste agus na clasaicí dubha féin agam ceart go leor ach ba rud eile iad seo ...

     I had white picadors and orange penguins and even the black classics right enough, but these were another thing ...

   • 31 May 2006 "Iomaint ar oighear", The Irish Times

     Imrítear an cluiche le liathróid bheag oráiste atá thart ar aon mhéid le sliotar.

     The game is played with a small orange ball which is about the same size as a sliotar.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oráiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language