rialtas

Irish

Alternative forms

• riaghaltas (obsolete)

Etymology

riail (“rule”) +‎ -tas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠiəl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

rialtas m (genitive singular rialtais, nominative plural rialtais)

1. government.

   Bíonn mo dhuine ag caint crá croí faoin Rialtas. ― Your man does talk awful shit about the Government.

Declension

Declension of rialtas (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative rialtas rialtais vocative a rialtais a rialtasa genitive rialtais rialtas dative rialtas rialtais forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an rialtas na rialtais genitive an rialtais na rialtas dative leis an rialtas don rialtas leis na rialtais

Derived terms

• comhrialtas
• féinrialtas

References

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “riaġaltas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 894; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN