oifig

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish oific, from Latin officium. Cognate with Manx oik and Scottish Gaelic oifig.

Pronunciation

Noun

oifig f (genitive singular oifige, nominative plural oifigí)

  1. office
  2. bureau
    Synonym: biúró

Declension

Declension of oifig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative oifig oifigí
vocative a oifig a oifigí
genitive oifige oifigí
dative oifig oifigí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an oifig na hoifigí
genitive na hoifige na n-oifigí
dative leis an oifig
don oifig 		leis na hoifigí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of oifig
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oifig n-oifig hoifig not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 88

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish oific, from Latin officium. Cognate with Manx oik and Irish oifig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔfɪc/

Noun

oifig f (genitive singular oifige, plural oifigean)

  1. synonym of oifis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of oifig
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oifig n-oifig h-oifig t-oifig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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