Indinéis

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Proper noun

An Indinéis f (genitive na hIndinéise)

1. Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndinéise)

Declension

Declension of Indinéis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Indinéis vocative a Indinéis genitive Indinéise dative Indinéis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Indinéis genitive na hIndinéise dative leis an Indinéis don Indinéis

Derived terms

• Indinéiseach (“Indonesian”, adjective)
• Indinéiseach m (“Indonesian”)
• Indinéisis f (“the Indonesian language”)

Related terms

• Iacárta (“Jakarta”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Indinéis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Indinéis	nIndinéis	hIndinéis	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

• “Indonesia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Indinéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm