oifigeach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oificech (“a person discharging duties of a post, an official, officer”), from oific (“office”).

Noun

oifigeach m (genitive singular oifigigh, nominative plural oifigigh)

  1. officer (of police; military; business)
  2. official (executive; of government)

Declension

Declension of oifigeach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative oifigeach oifigigh
vocative a oifigigh a oifigeacha
genitive oifigigh oifigeach
dative oifigeach oifigigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-oifigeach na hoifigigh
genitive an oifigigh na n-oifigeach
dative leis an oifigeach
don oifigeach 		leis na hoifigigh

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of oifigeach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oifigeach n-oifigeach hoifigeach t-oifigeach

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

oifigeach m (genitive singular oifigich, plural oifigich)

  1. officer, official

References

  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
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