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Gaeltacht

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Official Gaeltacht regions in Ireland

Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)

  1. (Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.

Usage notes

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  • Both the native Irish plural Gaeltachtaí and the anglicised plural Gaeltachts are found in English usage.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed via English from Irish Gaeltacht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Gaeltacht f (genitive Gaeltacht, plural Gaeltachten or Gaeltachtaí)

  1. Gaeltacht

Declension

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Gael +‎ -tacht (compare Old Irish goídelta). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidhealtachd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Gaeltacht f (genitive singular Gaeltachta, nominative plural Gaeltachtaí)

  1. Irish-speaking area
    Antonym: Galltacht

Declension

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Declension of Gaeltacht (third declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Ghaeltacht na Gaeltachtaí
genitive na Gaeltachta na nGaeltachtaí
dative leis an nGaeltacht
don Ghaeltacht
leis na Gaeltachtaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Gaeltacht
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaeltacht Ghaeltacht nGaeltacht

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

Further reading

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