oráiste

Irish

Etymology

From earlier oráitse, borrowed from a Romance language.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): [əˈɾˠɑːʃtʲə]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾˠɑːʃtʲə]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾˠæʃtʲə]

Noun

oráiste m (genitive singular oráiste, nominative plural oráistí)

an orange

Declension

Declension of oráiste (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	oráiste	oráistí
vocative	a oráiste	a oráistí
genitive	oráiste	oráistí
dative	oráiste	oráistí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-oráiste	na horáistí
genitive	an oráiste	na n-oráistí
dative	leis an oráiste don oráiste	leis na horáistí

Adjective

oráiste

orange-coloured
- 27 Oct 2004 "Bliain an fhoclora", The Irish Times
  Bhí picadors bhána agus penguins oráiste agus na clasaicí dubha féin agam ceart go leor ach ba rud eile iad seo ...
  I had white picadors and orange penguins and even the black classics right enough, but these were another thing ...
- 31 May 2006 "Iomaint ar oighear", The Irish Times
  Imrítear an cluiche le liathróid bheag oráiste atá thart ar aon mhéid le sliotar.
  The game is played with a small orange ball which is about the same size as a sliotar.

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
bán	liath	dubh
dearg; corcairdhearg	oráiste, flannbhuí; donn	buí; bánbhuí
líoma-ghlas, glas líoma	glas, uaine	dath an mhiontais
cian	gormghlas, spéirghorm	gorm
corcairghorm; indeagó	maigeanta; corcra	bándearg

Mutation

Mutated forms of *oráiste*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oráiste	n-oráiste	horáiste	not applicable

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oráiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language