Irish
Etymology
From impire (“emperor”) + -acht (abstract nominal suffix).
Noun
impireacht f (genitive singular impireachta, nominative plural impireachtaí)
- empire
Declension
Declension of impireacht (third declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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impireacht
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impireachtaí
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| vocative
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a impireacht
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a impireachtaí
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| genitive
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impireachta
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impireachtaí
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| dative
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impireacht
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impireachtaí
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Derived terms
- An Naomh-Impireacht Rómhánach, Impireacht Naofa na Róimhe f (“the Holy Roman Empire”)
- Impireacht an Iarthair f (“the Western Empire”)
- Impireacht na Bablóine f (“the Babylonian Empire”)
- Impireacht na bhFranc f (“the Frankish Empire”)
- Impireacht na Breataine f (“the British Empire”)
- Impireacht na Cartaige f (“the Carthaginian Empire”)
- Impireacht na gCiméarach f, An Impireacht Chiméarach f (“the Khmer Empire”)
- Impireacht na Gearmáine f (“the German Empire”)
- Impireacht na hAcáide f (“the Akkadian Empire”)
- Impireacht na hAisiria f (“the Assyrian Empire”)
- Impireacht na Hiteach f (“the Hittite Empire”)
- Impireacht na Mógal f (“the Mogul Empire”)
- Impireacht na Mongólach f (“the Mongol Empire”)
- Impireacht na nAstacach f (“the Aztec Empire”)
- Impireacht na nAvárach f (“the Avar Empire”)
- Impireacht na Pairtia f (“the Parthian Empire”)
- Impireacht na Peirse f (“the Persian Empire”)
- Impireacht na Róimhe f (“the Roman Empire”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of impireacht
| radical |
eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| impireacht
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n-impireacht
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himpireacht
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “impireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “impireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “impireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025