uachtarán

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish úachtarán (“leader, chief”). By surface analysis, uachtar +‎ -án (augmentative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uəxt̪ˠəɾˠɑːnˠ/ === Noun === uachtarán m (genitive singular uachtaráin, nominative plural uachtaráin) president; head, superior headmaster (school, academic) Synonym: ardmháistir (archaic) landowner ==== Usage notes ==== When used as a title, uachtarán is capitalized: see Uachtarán. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== uachtaránacht f (“presidency; authority, power”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uachtarán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úachtarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “uachtarán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “uachtarán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026