meisiasach

Irish

Etymology

From Meisias (“Messiah”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meisiasach (genitive singular masculine meisiasaigh, genitive singular feminine meisiasaí, plural meisiasacha, not comparable)

1. messianic

Declension

Declension of meisiasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	meisiasach	mheisiasach	meisiasacha; mheisiasacha2
vocative	mheisiasaigh		meisiasacha
genitive		meisiasaí	meisiasacha	meisiasach
dative	meisiasach; mheisiasach1	mheisiasach; mheisiasaigh (archaic)	meisiasacha; mheisiasacha2
Comparative	níos meisiasaí
Superlative	is meisiasaí

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

Related terms

• meisiasacht f (“messianism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meisiasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meisiasach	mheisiasach	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meisiasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN