Gaeltacht
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)
- (Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.
Usage notes edit
- Both the native Irish plural Gaeltachtaí and the anglicised plural Gaeltachts are found in English usage.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed via English from Irish Gaeltacht.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gaeltacht f (genitive Gaeltacht, plural Gaeltachten or Gaeltachtaí)
- Gaeltacht
Declension edit
Declension of Gaeltacht [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Gaeltacht | die | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
genitive | einer | der | Gaeltacht | der | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
dative | einer | der | Gaeltacht | den | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
accusative | eine | die | Gaeltacht | die | Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí |
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- Gaedhealtacht (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
- Gaedhealtachd (East Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Gael + -tacht (compare Old Irish goídelta). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidhealtachd.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gaeltacht f (genitive singular Gaeltachta, nominative plural Gaeltachtaí)
Declension edit
Declension of Gaeltacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gaeltacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Gaeltacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Gaeltacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.