Uachtarán

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish.

Proper noun

Uachtarán

1. Title of a person who holds the office of President of Ireland.
2. The head of state of Ireland; the Irish president.

Usage notes

• As a title, the word should always be capitalised.
• As a term for the political office, the word is sometimes found in lower case.

See also

• uachtarán

Irish

Etymology

From uachtarán (“president; headmaster; landowner”).

Noun

Uachtarán m (genitive singular Uachtaráin, nominative plural Uachtaráin)

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

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.

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

Related terms

• uachtaránacht f (“presidency; authority, power”)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uachtarán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uachtarán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uachtarán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024