oireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• aireacht

Etymology

From Old Irish airecht, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarextus, of uncertain etymology; see the Proto-Celtic entry for more.

Noun

oireacht m or f (genitive singular oireachta, nominative plural oireachtaí)

1. (historical)
   1. deliberative assembly of freemen
   2. assembled freemen; assembly, gathering
2. patrimony, territory

Declension

Declension of oireacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oireacht oireachtaí vocative a oireacht a oireachtaí genitive oireachta oireachtaí dative oireacht oireachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-oireacht na hoireachtaí genitive an oireachta na n-oireachtaí dative leis an oireacht don oireacht leis na hoireachtaí

Alternative declension (feminine)

Declension of oireacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oireacht oireachtaí vocative a oireacht a oireachtaí genitive oireachta oireachtaí dative oireacht oireachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an oireacht na hoireachtaí genitive na hoireachta na n-oireachtaí dative leis an oireacht don oireacht leis na hoireachtaí

Synonyms

• (assembly, gathering): tionól, comhthionól

Derived terms

• oireachtas m

Mutation

Mutated forms of oireacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oireacht	n-oireacht	hoireacht	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language