uachdaran

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuəxkərən/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úachtarán, úachtrán m (“head, leader, chief; president, governor; ruler, overseer; master, teacher”).

Noun

uachdaran m (genitive singular uachdarain, plural uachdaranan)

  1. governor, ruler, chief, superior, prince
  2. landlord, landowner
Alternative forms
  • uachdran

Etymology 2

Noun

uachdaran m pl

  1. plural of uachdar

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “úachtarán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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