vóta

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See also: vota, Vota, votá, and votà

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English vote, from Latin vōtum, a derivative of voveō (“I vow”). Doublet of móid.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈvˠoːt̪ˠə/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈwoːt̪ˠə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːt̪ˠə/

Noun

vóta m (genitive singular vóta, nominative plural vótaí)

vote

Declension

Declension of vóta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vóta	vótaí
Vocative	a vóta	a vótaí
Genitive	vóta	vótaí
Dative	vóta	vótaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an vóta	na vótaí
Genitive	an vóta	na vótaí
Dative	leis an vóta don vóta	leis na vótaí

Derived terms

vótáil f (“voting, poll”)
vótáil (“vote”, verb)
vótaíocht f (“(act of) polling; poll”)

Related terms

vótálaí m (“voter”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vóta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29

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