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uachtar

uachtar

See also: úachtar

Irish

Noun

uachtar m ‎(genitive singular uachtair, nominative plural uachtair)

Declension

Declension of uachtar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uachtar	uachtair
Vocative	a uachtair	a uachtara
Genitive	uachtair	uachtar
Dative	uachtar	uachtair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-uachtar	na huachtair
Genitive	an uachtair	na n-uachtar
Dative	leis an uachtar don uachtar	leis na huachtair

Derived terms

Terms derived from uachtar

uachtarach ‎(“upper, top; higher, superior”)
uachtarán ‎(“president; headmaster”)

uachtar dúbailte ‎(“double cream”)
uachtar ime ‎(“buttercream”)

uachtarlann ‎(“dairy, creamery”)
uachtar reoite ‎(“ice cream”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uachtar	n-uachtar	huachtar	t-uachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"uachtar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 úachtar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.