uachtarán

See also: Uachtarán and úachtarán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úachtarán (“leader, chief”); synchronically, uachtar +‎ -án (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uˑəxt̪ˠəɾˠaːn̻ˠ/

Noun

uachtarán m (genitive singular uachtaráin, nominative plural uachtaráin)

  1. president; head, superior
    1. headmaster (school, academic)
      Synonym: ardmháistir
  2. (archaic) landowner

Usage notes

When used as a title, uachtarán is capitalized: see Uachtarán.

Declension
Declension of uachtarán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uachtarán uachtaráin
Vocative a uachtaráin a uachtarána
Genitive uachtaráin uachtarán
Dative uachtarán uachtaráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uachtarán na huachtaráin
Genitive an uachtaráin na n-uachtarán
Dative leis an uachtarán

don uachtarán

 leis na huachtaráin

Derived terms
  • uachtaránacht f (“presidency; authority, power”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uachtarán n-uachtarán huachtarán t-uachtarán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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