íosphraghas

Irish

Etymology

íos- +‎ praghas (“price”)

Noun

íosphraghas m (genitive singular íosphraghais, nominative plural íosphraghsanna)

1. minimum price
   • June 2006, Pádraig Mac Éamoinn, Beo!, "Trasna na dtonnta"

     Is féidir leis an rialtas airgead a thabhairt dóibh ar dtús, chun costais tógála a íoc, nó íosphraghas leictreachais a ráthú ar feadh tríocha bliain.
     The government can give them money first, to pay construction costs, or guarantee a minimum price of electricity for thirty years.

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   • 9 January 2012, Úna Ní Eidhin, Foinse, "An gcuirfear íosphraghas i bhfeidhm ar alcól?"

     Thug an tAire Roisín Shorthall le fios inniu ar an gclár Morning Ireland ar RTÉ go bhfuil plé a dhéanamh acu ar íosphraghas a chur i bhfeidhm ar alcól, chomh maith le bearta éagsúla eile.
     The Minister Roisín Shorthall indicated today on Morning Ireland on RTÉ that they are discussing applying a minimum price to alcohol, as well as various other measures.

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Declension

Declension of íosphraghas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative íosphraghas íosphraghsanna vocative a íosphraghais a íosphraghsanna genitive íosphraghais íosphraghsanna dative íosphraghas íosphraghsanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-íosphraghas na híosphraghsanna genitive an íosphraghais na n-íosphraghsanna dative leis an íosphraghas don íosphraghas leis na híosphraghsanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of íosphraghas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íosphraghas	n-íosphraghas	híosphraghas	t-íosphraghas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta