Iúdás

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).

Proper noun

Iúdás m (genitive Iúdáis)

1. (biblical) Judas

Declension

Declension of Iúdás (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Iúdás vocative a Iúdáis genitive Iúdáis dative Iúdás forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tIúdás genitive an Iúdáis dative leis an Iúdás don Iúdás

Derived terms

• crann Iúdáis (“Judas tree”)
• Iúdás Isceiriót (“Judas Iscariot”)
• póg Iúdáis (“Judas kiss”)

Noun

Iúdás m (genitive singular Iúdáis, nominative plural Iúdáis)

1. (figuratively) infamous person
2. (figuratively) traitor

   Synonym: brathadóir

Declension

Declension of Iúdás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Iúdás Iúdáis vocative a Iúdáis a Iúdása genitive Iúdáis Iúdás dative Iúdás Iúdáis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIúdás na hIúdáis genitive an Iúdáis na nIúdás dative leis an Iúdás don Iúdás leis na hIúdáis

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iúdás

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iúdás	nIúdás	hIúdás	not applicable

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) “Iúdás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iúdás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iúdás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025