Gaeltacht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡeɪltəxt]

Noun

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)

  1. (Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.

Usage notes

  • Both the native Irish plural Gaeltachtaí and the anglicised plural Gaeltachts are found in English usage.

German

Etymology

Borrowed via English from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛːltaxt/

Noun

Gaeltacht f (genitive Gaeltacht, plural Gaeltachten or Gaeltachtaí)

  1. Gaeltacht

Declension

Declension of Gaeltacht [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gaeltacht die Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí
genitive einer der Gaeltacht der Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí
dative einer der Gaeltacht den Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí
accusative eine die Gaeltacht die Gaeltachten, Gaeltachtaí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Gaedhealtacht (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
  • Gaedhealtachd (East Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Gael +‎ -tacht (compare Old Irish goídelta). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidhealtachd.

Pronunciation

Noun

Gaeltacht f (genitive singular Gaeltachta, nominative plural Gaeltachtaí)

  1. Irish-speaking area
    Antonym: Galltacht

Declension

Declension of Gaeltacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Gaeltacht Gaeltachtaí
vocative a Ghaeltacht a Ghaeltachtaí
genitive Gaeltachta Gaeltachtaí
dative Gaeltacht Gaeltachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Ghaeltacht na Gaeltachtaí
genitive na Gaeltachta na nGaeltachtaí
dative leis an nGaeltacht
don Ghaeltacht 		leis na Gaeltachtaí

Derived terms

  • Breac-Ghaeltacht (“mixed Irish- and English-speaking districts”)
  • Gaeltacht Chiarraí (“the Kerry Gaeltacht”)
  • Gaeltacht Chorcaí (“the Cork Gaeltacht”)
  • Gaeltacht Dhún na nGall, Gaeltacht Thír Chonaill (“the Donegal Gaeltacht”)
  • Gaeltacht Mhaigh Eo (“the Mayo Gaeltacht”)
  • Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe (“the Galway Gaeltacht”)
  • Gaeltacht na Mí (“the Meath Gaeltacht”)
  • Gaeltacht Phort Láirge, Gaeltacht na nDéise (“the Waterford Gaeltacht”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaeltacht
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaeltacht Ghaeltacht nGaeltacht

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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