olagarcacht

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía) (from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”)), adapted to the suffix -arcacht.

Noun

olagarcacht f (genitive singular olagarcachta, nominative plural olagarcachtaí)

1. oligarchy

Declension

Declension of olagarcacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative olagarcacht olagarcachtaí Vocative a olagarcacht a olagarcachtaí Genitive olagarcachta olagarcachtaí Dative olagarcacht olagarcachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an olagarcacht na holagarcachtaí Genitive na holagarcachta na n-olagarcachtaí Dative leis an olagarcacht don olagarcacht leis na holagarcachtaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
olagarcacht	n-olagarcacht	holagarcacht	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) “olagarcacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “oligarchy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024