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: Case Singular Plural Nominative uachtarán uachtaráin Vocative a uachtaráin a uachtarána Genitive uachtaráin uachtarán Dative uachtarán uachtaráin

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uachtarán	n-uachtarán	huachtarán	t-uachtarán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uachtarán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úachtarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “uachtarán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “uachtarán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.