uachdaran

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuəxkərən/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish úachtarán (“head, leader, chief”).

Noun

uachdaran m (genitive singular uachdarain, plural uachdaranan)

1. governor, ruler, chief, superior, prince
2. landlord, landowner

Alternative forms

• uachdran

Etymology 2

Noun

uachdaran m pl

1. plural of uachdar

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uachdaran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úachtarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language