Oireachtas

See also: oireachtas

English

Etymology

From Irish Oireachtas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɹəktəs/

Proper noun

Oireachtas

  1. The parliament of Ireland.
    • 2023 September 21, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Alarm over ‘fascist-like’ protest at Ireland’s seat of government”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      The Oireachtas, Ireland’s legislature, was put into a virtual lockdown for hours on Wednesday by a small but abusive group of about 200 people.

Irish

Etymology

From oireachtas (“parliament”), derived from oireacht (“assembled freemen”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲəxt̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲa(h)t̪ˠəsˠ/

Proper noun

Oireachtas m (genitive Oireachtais)

  1. The parliament of Ireland.

Declension

Declension of Oireachtas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Oireachtas
vocative a Oireachtais
genitive Oireachtais
dative Oireachtas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tOireachtas
genitive an Oireachtais
dative leis an Oireachtas
don Oireachtas

Mutation

Mutated forms of Oireachtas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Oireachtas nOireachtas hOireachtas tOireachtas

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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