oireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• aireacht

Etymology

From Old Irish airecht, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarextus, of uncertain etymology; see the Proto-Celtic entry for more.

Noun

oireacht m or f (genitive singular oireachta, nominative plural oireachtaí)

1. (historical)
   1. deliberative assembly of freemen
   2. assembled freemen; assembly, gathering
2. patrimony, territory

Declension

Declension of oireacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oireacht oireachtaí Vocative a oireacht a oireachtaí Genitive oireachta oireachtaí Dative oireacht oireachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oireacht na hoireachtaí Genitive an oireachta na n-oireachtaí Dative leis an oireacht don oireacht leis na hoireachtaí

Alternative declension (feminine)

Declension of oireacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oireacht oireachtaí Vocative a oireacht a oireachtaí Genitive oireachta oireachtaí Dative oireacht oireachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an oireacht na hoireachtaí Genitive na hoireachta na n-oireachtaí Dative leis an oireacht don oireacht leis na hoireachtaí

Synonyms

• (assembly, gathering): tionól, comhthionól

Derived terms

• oireachtas m

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language