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ionraic
ionraic
Irish
Alternative forms
- ionraice
Adjective
ionraic (genitive singular masculine ionraic, genitive singular feminine ionraice, plural ionraice, comparative ionraice)
Declension
Declension of ionraic
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ionraic | ionraic¹ | ionraice³ | |
| Vocative | ionraic¹ | ionraic¹ | ionraice | |
| Genitive | ionraic¹ | ionraice | ionraice | ionraic |
| Dative | ionraic² | ionraic¹ | ionraice³ | |
| Comparative | ionraice | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ainionraic (“lacking integrity, dishonest”)
- mí-ionraic (“dishonest”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ionraic | n-ionraic | hionraic | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ionraic" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “indraic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- eanraic
- ionnrac
- ionnraic
- ionruic
Etymology
From Middle Irish inraic, indraic, from Old Irish inricc (“worthy, trustworthy, qualified to perform certain legal functions; of standard quality or quantity, complying with certain requirements, legal”).
Adjective
ionraic (comparative ionraice)
Derived terms
- eas-ionraic (“dishonest; faithless; wicked”, adjective)
- mì-ionraic (“dishonest, unjust, unrighteous”, adjective)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ionraic | n-ionraic | h-ionraic | t-ionraic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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 0 901771 92 9
- “indraic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.