uachtarán
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish úachtarán (“leader, chief”); synchronically, uachtar + -án (augmentative suffix).
Noun
uachtarán m (genitive singular uachtaráin, nominative plural uachtaráin)
- president
- headmaster (school, academic)
- (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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Synonyms
- (headmaster): ardmháistir
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. | |||
References
- "uachtarán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “úachtarán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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