Iosraelach

Irish

Etymology

From Iosrael (“Israel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Iosraelach (genitive singular masculine Iosraelaigh, genitive singular feminine Iosraelaí, plural Iosraelacha, not comparable)

1. Israeli

Declension

Declension of Iosraelach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Iosraelach	Iosraelach	Iosraelacha
vocative	Iosraelaigh		Iosraelacha
genitive		Iosraelaí	Iosraelacha	Iosraelach
dative	Iosraelach	Iosraelach; Iosraelaigh (archaic)	Iosraelacha
Comparative	níos Iosraelaí
Superlative	is Iosraelaí

Noun

Iosraelach m (genitive singular Iosraelaigh, nominative plural Iosraelaigh)

1. Israeli (person)

Declension

Declension of Iosraelach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Iosraelach Iosraelaigh vocative a Iosraelaigh a Iosraelacha genitive Iosraelaigh Iosraelach dative Iosraelach Iosraelaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIosraelach na hIosraelaigh genitive an Iosraelaigh na nIosraelach dative leis an Iosraelach don Iosraelach leis na hIosraelaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iosraelach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iosraelach	nIosraelach	hIosraelach	not applicable

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

See also

• Iosraeilíteach

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iosraelach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iosraelach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iosraelach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024