Oireachtas

See also: oireachtas

English

Etymology

From Irish Oireachtas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɹəktəs/

Proper noun

Oireachtas

  1. The parliament of Ireland.
    • 2023 September 21, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Alarm over ‘fascist-like’ protest at Ireland’s seat of government”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      The Oireachtas, Ireland’s legislature, was put into a virtual lockdown for hours on Wednesday by a small but abusive group of about 200 people.

Irish

Etymology

From oireachtas (“parliament”), derived from oireacht (“assembled freemen”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲəxt̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲa(h)t̪ˠəsˠ/

Proper noun

Oireachtas m (genitive Oireachtais)

  1. The parliament of Ireland.

Declension
Declension of Oireachtas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Oireachtas
Vocative a Oireachtais
Genitive Oireachtais
Dative Oireachtas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an tOireachtas
Genitive an Oireachtais
Dative leis an Oireachtas

don Oireachtas

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Oireachtas nOireachtas hOireachtas tOireachtas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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