uachdaran

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuəxkərən/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish úachtarán (“head, leader, chief”).

Noun

uachdaran m (genitive singular uachdarain, plural uachdaranan)

1. governor, ruler, chief, superior, prince
2. landlord, landowner

Alternative forms

• uachdran

Etymology 2

Noun

uachdaran m pl

1. plural of uachdar

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uachdaran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úachtarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language