oireachtas

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See also: Oireachtas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish airechtas. By surface analysis, oireacht +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

Noun

oireachtas m (genitive singular oireachtais, nominative plural oireachtais)

  1. assembly (legislative body)
    Synonyms: comhthionól, tionól
  2. gathering (get-together, social function)
    Synonym: tionól
  3. meeting (gathering for a purpose)
    Synonym: cruinniú

Declension

Declension of oireachtas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oireachtas oireachtais
Vocative a oireachtais a oireachtasa
Genitive oireachtais oireachtas
Dative oireachtas oireachtais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-oireachtas na hoireachtais
Genitive an oireachtais na n-oireachtas
Dative leis an oireachtas

don oireachtas

leis na hoireachtais

Derived terms

  • Oireachtas
    • → English: Oireachtas

Mutation

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

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