allúrach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

allúrach (genitive singular masculine allúraigh, genitive singular feminine allúraí, plural allúracha, comparative allúraí)

1. foreign

Declension

Declension of allúrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	allúrach	allúrach	allúracha
vocative	allúraigh		allúracha
genitive		allúraí	allúracha	allúrach
dative	allúrach	allúrach; allúraigh (archaic)	allúracha
Comparative	níos allúraí
Superlative	is allúraí

Alternative forms

• allmhartha

Noun

allúrach m (genitive singular allúraigh, nominative plural allúraigh)

1. foreigner

Declension

Declension of allúrach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative allúrach allúraigh vocative a allúraigh a allúracha genitive allúraigh allúrach dative allúrach allúraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-allúrach na hallúraigh genitive an allúraigh na n-allúrach dative leis an allúrach don allúrach leis na hallúraigh

Alternative forms

• allmharach
• allmhurach

Mutation

Mutated forms of allúrach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
allúrach	n-allúrach	hallúrach	t-allúrach

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) “allúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “foreign”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024