Uachtarán

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Irish

Proper noun

Uachtarán

1. Head of State for the Republic of Ireland, comparable to a US or Mexican President.
2. Title of the person holding that office.

Usage notes

• As a title the word should always be capitalised.
• When describing the political position, the word is sometimes capitalised but lower case is typically used.

See also

• uachtarán

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Irish

Noun

Uachtarán m (genitive Uachtaráin, nominative plural Uachtaráin)

1. President (used as a title for the head of state of a republic)

Declension

Declension of Uachtarán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Uachtarán Uachtaráin Vocative a Uachtaráin a Uachtarána Genitive Uachtaráin Uachtarán Dative Uachtarán Uachtaráin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tUachtarán na hUachtaráin Genitive an Uachtaráin na nUachtarán Dative leis an Uachtarán don Uachtarán leis na hUachtaráin

Usage notes

Without further specification, an tUachtarán is usually interpreted to mean the President of Ireland, but the title applies to other presidents as well, e.g. an tUachtarán Obama, an tUachtarán Hollande, etc.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Uachtarán	nUachtarán	hUachtarán	tUachtarán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.