Iordánach

Irish

Etymology

From An Iordáin (“Jordan”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Iordánach (genitive singular masculine Iordánaigh, genitive singular feminine Iordánaí, plural Iordánacha, not comparable)

1. Jordanian

Declension

Declension of Iordánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Iordánach	Iordánach	Iordánacha
vocative	Iordánaigh		Iordánacha
genitive		Iordánaí	Iordánacha	Iordánach
dative	Iordánach	Iordánach; Iordánaigh (archaic)	Iordánacha
Comparative	níos Iordánaí
Superlative	is Iordánaí

Noun

Iordánach m (genitive singular Iordánaigh, nominative plural Iordánaigh)

1. Jordanian

Declension

Declension of Iordánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Iordánach Iordánaigh vocative a Iordánaigh a Iordánacha genitive Iordánaigh Iordánach dative Iordánach Iordánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIordánach na hIordánaigh genitive an Iordánaigh na nIordánach dative leis an Iordánach don Iordánach leis na hIordánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iordánach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iordánach	nIordánach	hIordánach	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) “Iordánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Iordánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024