Iar-Indiach

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)

1. West Indian

Declension

Declension of Iar-Indiach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiacha
vocative	Iar-Indiach		Iar-Indiacha
genitive		Iar-Indiaiche	Iar-Indiacha	Iar-Indiach
dative	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiacha
Comparative	níos Iar-Indiaiche
Superlative	is Iar-Indiaiche

Related terms

• Na hIndiacha Thiar (“the West Indies”)

Noun

Iar-Indiach m (genitive singular Iar-Indiaigh, nominative plural Iar-Indiaigh)

1. West Indian

Declension

Declension of Iar-Indiach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Iar-Indiach Iar-Indiaigh vocative a Iar-Indiaigh a Iar-Indiacha genitive Iar-Indiaigh Iar-Indiach dative Iar-Indiach Iar-Indiaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIar-Indiach na hIar-Indiaigh genitive an Iar-Indiaigh na nIar-Indiach dative leis an Iar-Indiach don Iar-Indiach leis na hIar-Indiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iar-Indiach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iar-Indiach	nIar-Indiach	hIar-Indiach	tIar-Indiach

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, 2013-2024