oifig

Irish

Alternative forms

• oifige (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish oific, from Latin officium.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛfʲɪɟ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɛfʲɪc/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔfʲɪc/

Noun

oifig f (genitive singular oifige, nominative plural oifigí)

1. office
2. bureau

   Synonym: biúró

Declension

Declension of oifig (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oifig oifigí vocative a oifig a oifigí genitive oifige oifigí dative oifig oifigí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an oifig na hoifigí genitive na hoifige na n-oifigí dative leis an oifig don oifig leis na hoifigí

Derived terms

• ardoifig (“headquarters”)
• fo-oifig (“suboffice”)
• oifigeach (“officer, official”)
• oifigiúil (“official”)
• príomhoifig (“headquarters”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of oifig

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oifig	n-oifig	hoifig	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oifig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish oific, from Latin officium.

Noun

oifig f (genitive singular oifige, plural oifigean)

1. Synonym of oifis

Mutation

Mutation of oifig

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oifig	n-oifig	h-oifig	t-oifig

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