oifigeach
Irish
Alternative forms
- oificeach
Etymology
From Old Irish oificech (“a person discharging duties of a post, an official, officer”), from oific (“office”).
Noun
oifigeach m (genitive singular oifigigh, nominative plural oifigigh)
Declension
Declension of oifigeach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- fo-oifigeach (“subordinate officer, subaltern; subordinate official”)
- má-oifigeach (“field-officer”)
- oifigeach barántais (“warrant officer”)
- oifigeach ceannais (“commanding officer”)
- oifigeach coimisiúnta (“commissioned officer”)
- oifigeach feidhmiúcháin (“executive officer”)
- oifigeach foirne (“staff officer”)
- oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta (“non-commissioned officer”)
- oifigeach promhaidh (“probation officer”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oifigeach | n-oifigeach | hoifigeach | t-oifigeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "oifigeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “oificech”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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