údarás

Irish

Alternative forms

• udaras, udarás, ughdarás, úghdarás, úghdardhás, ughdarrás, ughdarthás (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish augtardas, from Old Irish augtortas, from Latin auctōritās.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠɑːsˠ/, (some young speakers) /uːd̪ˠəˈɾˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːd̪ˠəɾˠasˠ/

Noun

údarás m (genitive singular údaráis, nominative plural údaráis)

1. authority (power to enforce rules or give orders; government or law enforcement collectively; source of reliable information on a subject; government agency), power
2. jurisdiction (limits or territory within which authority may be exercised)

Declension

Declension of údarás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative údarás údaráis vocative a údaráis a údarása genitive údaráis údarás dative údarás údaráis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-údarás na húdaráis genitive an údaráis na n-údarás dative leis an údarás don údarás leis na húdaráis

Derived terms

• údarásach
• údarásacht

Related terms

• údar

Mutation

Mutated forms of údarás

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
údarás	n-údarás	húdarás	t-údarás

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

Further reading

• “údarás”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “augtartás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ughdarthás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 774
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “údarás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN