oireacht
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish airecht, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarextus, of uncertain etymology; see the Proto-Celtic entry for more.
Noun edit
oireacht m or f (genitive singular oireachta, nominative plural oireachtaí)
- (historical)
- deliberative assembly of freemen
- assembled freemen; assembly, gathering
- patrimony, territory
Declension edit
Declension of oireacht
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative declension (feminine)
Declension of oireacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms edit
- (assembly, gathering): tionól, comhthionól
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oireacht | n-oireacht | hoireacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 airecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language