uachtarán

See also: Uachtarán and úachtarán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish úachtarán (“leader, chief”). By surface analysis, uachtar +‎ -án (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uəxt̪ˠəɾˠɑːnˠ/

Noun

uachtarán m (genitive singular uachtaráin, nominative plural uachtaráin)

  1. president; head, superior
  2. headmaster (school, academic)
    Synonym: ardmháistir
  3. (archaic) landowner

Usage notes

When used as a title, uachtarán is capitalized: see Uachtarán.

Declension

Declension of uachtarán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uachtarán uachtaráin
vocative a uachtaráin a uachtarána
genitive uachtaráin uachtarán
dative uachtarán uachtaráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-uachtarán na huachtaráin
genitive an uachtaráin na n-uachtarán
dative leis an uachtarán
don uachtarán 		leis na huachtaráin

Derived terms

  • uachtaránacht f (“presidency; authority, power”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uachtarán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uachtarán n-uachtarán huachtarán t-uachtarán

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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