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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish úachtarán (“leader, chief”). By surface analysis, uachtar + -án (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
uachtarán m (genitive singular uachtaráin, nominative plural uachtaráin)
- president; head, superior
- headmaster (school, academic)
- Synonym: ardmháistir
- (archaic) landowner
Usage notes
When used as a title, uachtarán is capitalized: see Uachtarán.
Declension
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uachtarán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úachtarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uachtarán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uachtarán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024