uachtarán
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)
- president; head, superior
- headmaster (school, academic)
- Synonym: ardmháistir
- (archaic) landowner
Usage notes
When used as a title, uachtarán is capitalized: see Uachtarán.
Declension
Declension of uachtarán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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.
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