íosphraghas

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Irish

Etymology

íos- +‎ praghas (“price”)

Noun

íosphraghas m (genitive singular íosphraghais, nominative plural íosphraghsanna)

  1. minimum price
    • June 2006, Pádraig Mac Éamoinn, Beo!, "Trasna na dtonnta"
      Is féidir leis an rialtas airgead a thabhairt dóibh ar dtús, chun costais tógála a íoc, nó íosphraghas leictreachais a ráthú ar feadh tríocha bliain.
      The government can give them money first, to pay construction costs, or guarantee a minimum price of electricity for thirty years.
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    • 9 January 2012, Úna Ní Eidhin, Foinse, "An gcuirfear íosphraghas i bhfeidhm ar alcól?"
      Thug an tAire Roisín Shorthall le fios inniu ar an gclár Morning Ireland ar RTÉ go bhfuil plé a dhéanamh acu ar íosphraghas a chur i bhfeidhm ar alcól, chomh maith le bearta éagsúla eile.
      The Minister Roisín Shorthall indicated today on Morning Ireland on RTÉ that they are discussing applying a minimum price to alcohol, as well as various other measures.
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Declension

Declension of íosphraghas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative íosphraghas íosphraghsanna
vocative a íosphraghais a íosphraghsanna
genitive íosphraghais íosphraghsanna
dative íosphraghas íosphraghsanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-íosphraghas na híosphraghsanna
genitive an íosphraghais na n-íosphraghsanna
dative leis an íosphraghas
don íosphraghas 		leis na híosphraghsanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of íosphraghas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
íosphraghas n-íosphraghas híosphraghas t-íosphraghas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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