oideachas

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdʲəxəsˠ/^[1]

Noun

oideachas m (genitive singular oideachais)

(dated) advice, instruction, teaching
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.

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

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

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