ardoifigeach

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ oifigeach.

Noun

ardoifigeach m (genitive singular ardoifigigh, nominative plural ardoifigigh)

1. high-ranking officer
2. higher official

Declension

Declension of ardoifigeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardoifigeach ardoifigigh vocative a ardoifigigh a ardoifigeacha genitive ardoifigigh ardoifigeach dative ardoifigeach ardoifigigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ardoifigeach na hardoifigigh genitive an ardoifigigh na n-ardoifigeach dative leis an ardoifigeach don ardoifigeach leis na hardoifigigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardoifigeach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardoifigeach	n-ardoifigeach	hardoifigeach	t-ardoifigeach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardoifigeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN