oireachtas
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See also: Oireachtas
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish airechtas. By surface analysis, oireacht + -as.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oireachtas m (genitive singular oireachtais, nominative plural oireachtais)
- assembly (legislative body)
- Synonyms: comhthionól, tionól
- gathering (get-together, social function)
- Synonym: tionól
- meeting (gathering for a purpose)
- Synonym: cruinniú
Declension
[edit]Declension of oireachtas
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- Oireachtas
- → English: Oireachtas
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oireachtas | n-oireachtas | hoireachtas | t-oireachtas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “oireachtas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airechtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oireaċtas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 529
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oireachtas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74