Gaeltacht

English

Official Gaeltacht regions in Ireland

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeɪltəxt]

Noun

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)

1. (Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.

Usage notes

• Both the native Irish plural Gaeltachtaí and the anglicised plural Gaeltachts are found in English usage.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛːltaxt/

Noun

Gaeltacht f (genitive Gaeltacht, plural Gaeltachten)

1. Gaeltacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

• Gaedhealtacht (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
• Gaedhealtachd (East Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Gael +‎ -t- +‎ -acht (compare Old Irish goídelta). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidhealtachd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeːl̪ˠt̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeːl̪ˠt̪ˠaxt̪ˠ]

Noun

Gaeltacht f (genitive singular Gaeltachta, nominative plural Gaeltachtaí)

1. Irish-speaking area

   Antonym: Galltacht

Declension

Declension of Gaeltacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Gaeltacht Gaeltachtaí Vocative a Ghaeltacht a Ghaeltachtaí Genitive Gaeltachta Gaeltachtaí Dative Gaeltacht Gaeltachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Ghaeltacht na Gaeltachtaí Genitive na Gaeltachta na nGaeltachtaí Dative leis an nGaeltacht don Ghaeltacht leis na Gaeltachtaí

Derived terms

• 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

Irish mutation
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

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