ócáid

Irish

Etymology

From Latin occāsiō, altered after other loanwords ending in -áid (e.g. oibleagáid, comparáid), which comes from Latin -ātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /oːˈkɑːdʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈoːkɑːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːkædʲ/

Noun

ócáid f (genitive singular ócáide, nominative plural ócáidí)

1. occasion; particular time, special event
2. particular happening, incident
3. circumstance providing cause or excuse
4. need arising from particular circumstance
5. use, purpose

Declension

Declension of ócáid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ócáid ócáidí vocative a ócáid a ócáidí genitive ócáide ócáidí dative ócáid ócáidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ócáid na hócáidí genitive na hócáide na n-ócáidí dative leis an ócáid don ócáid leis na hócáidí

Derived terms

• ócáideach
• ócáidí
• ócáidigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ócáid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ócáid	n-ócáid	hócáid	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “ócáid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ócáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ócáid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 524
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ócáid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN