Siriach

Irish

Etymology

From Siria (“Syria”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Siriach (genitive singular masculine Siriaigh, genitive singular feminine Siriaiche, plural Siriacha, not comparable)

1. Syrian

Declension

Declension of Siriach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Siriach	Shiriach	Siriacha; Shiriacha2
vocative	Shiriach		Siriacha
genitive		Siriaiche	Siriacha	Siriach
dative	Siriach; Shiriach1	Shiriach	Siriacha; Shiriacha2
Comparative	níos Siriaiche
Superlative	is Siriaiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Siriach m (genitive singular Siriaigh, nominative plural Siriaigh)

1. Syrian

Declension

Declension of Siriach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Siriach Siriaigh vocative a Shiriaigh a Shiriacha genitive Siriaigh Siriach dative Siriach Siriaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Siriach na Siriaigh genitive an tSiriaigh na Siriach dative leis an Siriach don Siriach leis na Siriaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Siriach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Siriach	Shiriach after an, tSiriach	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) “Siriach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Siriach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025