vóta

See also: vota, Vota, votá, and votà

Irish

Etymology

From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“I vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈvˠoːt̪ˠə/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈwoːt̪ˠə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːt̪ˠə/

Noun

vóta m (genitive singular vóta, nominative plural vótaí)

vote

Declension

Declension of vóta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vóta	vótaí
Vocative	a vóta	a vótaí
Genitive	vóta	vótaí
Dative	vóta	vótaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an vóta	na vótaí
Genitive	an vóta	na vótaí
Dative	leis an vóta don vóta	leis na vótaí

Derived terms

vótáil f (“voting, poll”)
vótáil (“vote”, verb)
vótaíocht f (“(act of) polling; poll”)

Related terms

vótálaí m (“voter”)

References

"vóta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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