Uachtarán
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Irish.
Proper noun
editUachtarán
- 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
editIrish
editEtymology
editFrom uachtarán (“president; headmaster; landowner”).
Noun
editUachtarán m (genitive singular Uachtaráin, nominative plural Uachtaráin)
- President (used as a title for the head of state of a republic)
Usage notes
editWithout 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
editDeclension 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
editIrish 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uachtarán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uachtarán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024