oráiste

Irish

Etymology

From earlier oráitse, borrowed from a Romance language.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [əˈɾˠɑːʃtʲə]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾˠɑːʃtʲə]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾˠæʃtʲə]

Noun

oráiste m (genitive singular oráiste, nominative plural oráistí)

1. an orange

Declension

Declension of oráiste (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oráiste oráistí vocative a oráiste a oráistí genitive oráiste oráistí dative oráiste oráistí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-oráiste na horáistí genitive an oráiste na n-oráistí dative leis an oráiste don oráiste leis na horáistí

Adjective

oráiste

1. orange-coloured
   • 27 Oct 2004 "Bliain an fhoclora", The Irish Times

     Bhí picadors bhána agus penguins oráiste agus na clasaicí dubha féin agam ceart go leor ach ba rud eile iad seo ...

     I had white picadors and orange penguins and even the black classics right enough, but these were another thing ...

   • 31 May 2006 "Iomaint ar oighear", The Irish Times

     Imrítear an cluiche le liathróid bheag oráiste atá thart ar aon mhéid le sliotar.

     The game is played with a small orange ball which is about the same size as a sliotar.

Mutation

Mutated forms of oráiste

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oráiste	n-oráiste	horáiste	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oráiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language