ionraic

Irish

Alternative forms

• ionraice

Etymology

From Middle Irish inraic, indraic, from Old Irish inricc (“worthy; legal”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌn̪ˠɾˠɪcɪ/ (corresponding to the form ionraice)

Adjective

ionraic (genitive singular masculine ionraic, genitive singular feminine ionraice, plural ionraice, comparative ionraice)

1. honest, sincere, upright
2. artless, guileless

Declension

Declension of ionraic

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ionraic	ionraic	ionraice
vocative	ionraic		ionraice
genitive		ionraice	ionraice	ionraic
dative	ionraic	ionraic	ionraice
Comparative	níos ionraice
Superlative	is ionraice

Synonyms

• macánta
• (honest): cneasta
• (sincere): fíréanta

Derived terms

• ainionraic (“lacking integrity, dishonest”)
• mí-ionraic (“dishonest”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionraic

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ionraic	n-ionraic	hionraic	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) “ionraic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• eanraic, ionnrac, ionnraic, ionruic

Etymology

From Middle Irish inraic, indraic, from Old Irish inricc (“worthy, trustworthy, qualified to perform certain legal functions; of standard quality or quantity, complying with certain requirements, legal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjũnəɾɪc/

Adjective

ionraic (comparative ionraice)

1. chaste, faithful, honest, innocent, just, righteous

Derived terms

• eas-ionraic (“dishonest; faithless; wicked”, adjective)
• mì-ionraic (“dishonest, unjust, unrighteous”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutation of ionraic

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ionraic	n-ionraic	h-ionraic	t-ionraic

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ionraic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language