Irish
Etymology
From oide (“teacher, tutor”) + -achas.
Pronunciation
Noun
oideachas m (genitive singular oideachais)
- (dated) advice, instruction, teaching
- education
Declension
Declension of oideachas (first declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
- Aireacht an Oideachais f (“the Board of Education”)
- ardoideachas m (“higher education”)
- bunoideachas m (“primary education”)
- comhoideachas m (“co-education”)
- corpoideachas m (“physical education”)
- gairmoideachas m (“vocational education”)
- gan oideachas (“uneducated”)
- meánoideachas m (“secondary education”)
- oideachas gairmiúil m (“vocational education”)
- oideachas leantach m (“continuing education”)
- oideachas réamhscoile m (“pre-school education”)
- oideachasóir m (“educationalist, educationist”)
- oideachasúil (“educational”, adjective)
- Roinn Oideachais f (“Department of Education”)
- saoroideachas m (“free education”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of oideachas
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eclipsis |
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with t-prothesis
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| oideachas
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n-oideachas
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hoideachas
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t-oideachas
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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.
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oideachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oideaċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 525
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oideachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “oideachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025