Uinseannach

Irish

Etymology

From Uinseann (“Vincent”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Uinseannach (genitive singular masculine Uinseannaigh, genitive singular feminine Uinseannaí, plural Uinseannacha, not comparable)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Vincentian

Declension

Declension of Uinseannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Uinseannach	Uinseannach	Uinseannacha
vocative	Uinseannaigh		Uinseannacha
genitive		Uinseannaí	Uinseannacha	Uinseannach
dative	Uinseannach	Uinseannach; Uinseannaigh (archaic)	Uinseannacha
Comparative	níos Uinseannaí
Superlative	is Uinseannaí

Noun

Uinseannach m (genitive singular Uinseannaigh, nominative plural Uinseannaigh)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Vincentian

Declension

Declension of Uinseannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Uinseannach Uinseannaigh vocative a Uinseannaigh a Uinseannacha genitive Uinseannaigh Uinseannach dative Uinseannach Uinseannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tUinseannach na hUinseannaigh genitive an Uinseannaigh na nUinseannach dative leis an Uinseannach don Uinseannach leis na hUinseannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Uinseannach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Uinseannach	nUinseannach	hUinseannach	tUinseannach

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) “Uinseannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Uinseannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm