Gaeltacht

See also: Gàidhealtachd

English

Official Gaeltacht regions in Ireland

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡeɪltəxt]

Noun

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)

(Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.

Usage notes

Both the native Irish plural Gaeltachtaí and the anglicised plural Gaeltachts are found in English usage.

German

Etymology

Borrowed via English from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛːltaxt/

Noun

Gaeltacht f (genitive Gaeltacht, plural Gaeltachten)

Gaeltacht

Declension

Declension of Gaeltacht

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gaeltacht	die	Gaeltachten
genitive	einer	der	Gaeltacht	der	Gaeltachten
dative	einer	der	Gaeltacht	den	Gaeltachten
accusative	eine	die	Gaeltacht	die	Gaeltachten

Irish

Alternative forms

Gaedhealtacht (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)
Gaedhealtachd (East Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Gael +‎ -t- +‎ -acht (compare Old Irish goídelta).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɡeːl̪ˠt̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡeːl̪ˠt̪ˠaxt̪ˠ]

Noun

Gaeltacht f (genitive singular Gaeltachta, nominative plural Gaeltachtaí)

Irish-speaking area
Antonym: Galltacht

Declension

Declension of Gaeltacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Gaeltacht	Gaeltachtaí
Vocative	a Ghaeltacht	a Ghaeltachtaí
Genitive	Gaeltachta	Gaeltachtaí
Dative	Gaeltacht	Gaeltachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an Ghaeltacht	na Gaeltachtaí
Genitive	na Gaeltachta	na nGaeltachtaí
Dative	leis an nGaeltacht don Ghaeltacht	leis na Gaeltachtaí

Derived terms

Terms derived from Gaeltacht

Breac-Ghaeltacht (“mixed Irish- and English-speaking districts”)
Gaeltacht Chiarraí (“the Kerry Gaeltacht”)
Gaeltacht Chorcaí (“the Cork Gaeltacht”)

Gaeltacht Dhún na nGall, Gaeltacht Thír Chonaill (“the Donegal Gaeltacht”)
Gaeltacht Mhaigh Eo (“the Mayo Gaeltacht”)
Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe (“the Galway Gaeltacht”)

Gaeltacht na Mí (“the Meath Gaeltacht”)
Gaeltacht Phort Láirge, Gaeltacht na nDéise (“the Waterford Gaeltacht”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gaeltacht	Ghaeltacht	nGaeltacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Gaeltacht

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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