Oir-Indiach

Irish

Etymology

From oir- (“east”) +‎ Indiach (“Indian”).

Adjective

Oir-Indiach (genitive singular masculine Oir-Indiach, genitive singular feminine Oir-Indiaiche, plural Oir-Indiacha, not comparable)

1. East Indian

Declension

Declension of Oir-Indiach

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

Related terms

• Na hIndiacha Thoir f pl (“the East Indies”)

Noun

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

1. East Indian

Declension

Declension of Oir-Indiach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Oir-Indiach Oir-Indiaigh vocative a Oir-Indiaigh a Oir-Indiacha genitive Oir-Indiaigh Oir-Indiach dative Oir-Indiach Oir-Indiaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tOir-Indiach na hOir-Indiaigh genitive an Oir-Indiaigh na nOir-Indiach dative leis an Oir-Indiach don Oir-Indiach leis na hOir-Indiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Oir-Indiach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Oir-Indiach	nOir-Indiach	hOir-Indiach	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) “Oir-Indiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Oir-Indiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm