Irish
Etymology
From iar- (“west”) + Indiach (“Indian”).
Adjective
Iar-Indiach (genitive singular masculine Iar-Indiaigh, genitive singular feminine Iar-Indiaiche, plural Iar-Indiacha, not comparable)
- West Indian
Declension
Declension of Iar-Indiach
| Positive
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singular
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plural
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| masculine
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feminine
|
strong noun
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weak noun
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| nominative
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Iar-Indiach
|
Iar-Indiach
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Iar-Indiacha
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| vocative
|
Iar-Indiach
|
Iar-Indiacha
|
| genitive
|
Iar-Indiaiche
|
Iar-Indiacha
|
Iar-Indiach
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| dative
|
Iar-Indiach
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Iar-Indiach
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Iar-Indiacha
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|
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| Comparative
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níos Iar-Indiaiche
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| Superlative
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is Iar-Indiaiche
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Noun
Iar-Indiach m (genitive singular Iar-Indiaigh, nominative plural Iar-Indiaigh)
- West Indian
Declension
Declension of Iar-Indiach (first declension)
| bare forms
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|
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Iar-Indiach
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Iar-Indiaigh
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| vocative
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a Iar-Indiaigh
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a Iar-Indiacha
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| genitive
|
Iar-Indiaigh
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Iar-Indiach
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| dative
|
Iar-Indiach
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Iar-Indiaigh
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|
Mutation
Mutated forms of Iar-Indiach
| radical |
eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Iar-Indiach
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nIar-Indiach
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hIar-Indiach
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tIar-Indiach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iar-Indiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iar-Indiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Iar-Indiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025