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oifigeach

oifigeach

Irish

Alternative forms

oificeach

Noun

oifigeach m ‎(genitive singular oifigigh, nominative plural oifigigh)

officer (of police; military; business)
official (executive; of government)

Declension

Declension of oifigeach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oifigeach	oifigigh
Vocative	a oifigigh	a oifigeacha
Genitive	oifigigh	oifigeach
Dative	oifigeach	oifigigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oifigeach	na hoifigigh
Genitive	an oifigigh	na n-oifigeach
Dative	leis an oifigeach don oifigeach	leis na hoifigigh

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from oifigeach

fo-oifigeach m ‎(“subordinate officer, subaltern; subordinate official”)
oifigeach barántais m ‎(“warrant officer”)
oifigeach ceannais m ‎(“commanding officer”)

oifigeach coimisiúnta m ‎(“commissioned officer”)
oifigeach feidhmiúcháin m ‎(“executive officer”)
oifigeach foirne m ‎(“staff officer”)

oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta m ‎(“non-commissioned officer”)
oifigeach promhaidh m ‎(“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.
“oificech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.