ionraic

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ionraice

Etymology

From Middle Irish inraic, indraic, from Old Irish inricc (“worthy; legal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌn̪ˠɾˠɪcɪ/[1] (corresponding to the form ionraice)

Adjective

ionraic (genitive singular masculine ionraic, genitive singular feminine ionraice, plural ionraice, comparative ionraice)

  1. honest, sincere, upright
  2. artless, guileless

Declension

Declension of ionraic
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ionraic ionraic ionraice
vocative ionraic ionraice
genitive ionraice ionraice ionraic
dative ionraic ionraic ionraice
Comparative níos ionraice
Superlative is ionraice

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionraic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ionraic n-ionraic hionraic not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89

Further reading

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjũnəɾɪc/

Adjective

ionraic (comparative ionraice)

  1. chaste, faithful, honest, innocent, just, righteous

Derived terms

  • eas-ionraic (“dishonest; faithless; wicked”, adjective)
  • mì-ionraic (“dishonest, unjust, unrighteous”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutation of ionraic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ionraic n-ionraic h-ionraic t-ionraic

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ionraic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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