oideachas

Irish

Etymology

From oide (“teacher, tutor”) +‎ -achas.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdʲəxəsˠ/

Noun

oideachas m (genitive singular oideachais)

1. (dated) advice, instruction, teaching
2. education

Declension

Declension of oideachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative oideachas Vocative a oideachais Genitive oideachais Dative oideachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-oideachas Genitive an oideachais Dative leis an oideachas don oideachas

Derived terms

• Aireacht an Oideachais f (“the Board of Education”)
• ardoideachas m (“higher education”)
• bunoideachas m (“primary education”)
• comhoideachas m (“co-education”)
• corpoideachas m (“physical education”)
• gairmoideachas m (“vocational education”)
• gan oideachas (“uneducated”)
• meánoideachas m (“secondary education”)
• oideachas gairmiúil m (“vocational education”)
• oideachas leantach m (“continuing education”)
• oideachas réamhscoile m (“pre-school education”)
• oideachasóir m (“educationalist, educationist”)
• oideachasúil (“educational”, adjective)
• Roinn Oideachais f (“Department of Education”)
• saoroideachas m (“free education”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oideachas	n-oideachas	hoideachas	t-oideachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oideachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oideaċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 525
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oideachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “oideachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024