oireachtas

See also: Oireachtas

Irish

Alternative forms

• oireachtus, oirechtas, oirechtus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish airechtas. By surface analysis, oireacht +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾʲəxt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾʲa(x)t̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

oireachtas m (genitive singular oireachtais, nominative plural oireachtais)

1. assembly (legislative body)

   Synonyms: comhthionól, tionól

2. gathering (get-together, social function)

   Synonym: tionól

3. meeting (gathering for a purpose)

   Synonym: cruinniú

Declension

Declension of oireachtas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oireachtas oireachtais Vocative a oireachtais a oireachtasa Genitive oireachtais oireachtas Dative oireachtas oireachtais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oireachtas na hoireachtais Genitive an oireachtais na n-oireachtas Dative leis an oireachtas don oireachtas leis na hoireachtais

Derived terms

• Oireachtas
  • → English: Oireachtas

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “oireachtas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airechtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oireaċtas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 529
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oireachtas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74