Ostarach

Irish

Etymology

From An Ostair (“Austria”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Ostarach (genitive singular masculine Ostaraigh, genitive singular feminine Ostaraí, plural Ostaracha, not comparable)

1. Austrian

Declension

Declension of Ostarach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Ostarach	Ostarach	Ostaracha
vocative	Ostaraigh		Ostaracha
genitive		Ostaraí	Ostaracha	Ostarach
dative	Ostarach	Ostarach; Ostaraigh (archaic)	Ostaracha
Comparative	níos Ostaraí
Superlative	is Ostaraí

Noun

Ostarach m (genitive singular Ostaraigh, nominative plural Ostaraigh)

1. Austrian

Declension

Declension of Ostarach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ostarach Ostaraigh vocative a Ostaraigh a Ostaracha genitive Ostaraigh Ostarach dative Ostarach Ostaraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tOstarach na hOstaraigh genitive an Ostaraigh na nOstarach dative leis an Ostarach don Ostarach leis na hOstaraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ostarach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ostarach	nOstarach	hOstarach	tOstarach

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) “Ostarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Austrian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ostarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm