TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
uachtarán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. President; head, superior. ~ tíre, the president of a country. ~ oird, the superior of an order. ~ coláiste, acadaimh, the president of a college, of an academy. ~ meánscoile, the principal of a secondary school. ~ cumainn, the president of a society. ~ ardchúirte, the president of a high court. U~ na hÉireann, the President of Ireland. 2. (pl.) Authorities, the establishment. Cibé rud a deir na huachtaráin, whatever the people in authority say.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Uachtarán, rúnaí, a dhéanamh de, to make him president, secretary.
~ nó uachtarán, lowly or exalted person.
~adh ina uachtarán é, he was elected president.