olagarcacht

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía) (from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”)), adapted to the suffix -arcacht.

Noun

olagarcacht f (genitive singular olagarcachta, nominative plural olagarcachtaí)

1. oligarchy

Declension

Declension of olagarcacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative olagarcacht olagarcachtaí vocative a olagarcacht a olagarcachtaí genitive olagarcachta olagarcachtaí dative olagarcacht olagarcachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an olagarcacht na holagarcachtaí genitive na holagarcachta na n-olagarcachtaí dative leis an olagarcacht don olagarcacht leis na holagarcachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of olagarcacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
olagarcacht	n-olagarcacht	holagarcacht	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) “olagarcacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “oligarchy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024