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

Mutated forms of oireachtas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oireachtas n-oireachtas hoireachtas t-oireachtas

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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