Uachtarán
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Irish.
Proper noun edit
Uachtarán
- Title of a person who holds the office of President of Ireland.
- The head of state of Ireland; the Irish president.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From uachtarán (“president; headmaster; landowner”).
Noun edit
Uachtarán m (genitive singular Uachtaráin, nominative plural Uachtaráin)
- President (used as a title for the head of state of a republic)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Declension of Uachtarán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms edit
- uachtaránacht f (“presidency; authority, power”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uachtarán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “uachtarán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “uachtarán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.