oirthearach

Irish

Etymology

oirthear +‎ -ach.

Adjective

oirthearach

1. (literary) front
2. eastern, Oriental
3. orientalist

Declension

Declension of oirthearach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	oirthearach	oirthearach	oirthearacha
vocative	oirthearaigh		oirthearacha
genitive		oirthearaí	oirthearacha	oirthearach
dative	oirthearach	oirthearach; oirthearaigh (archaic)	oirthearacha
Comparative	níos oirthearaí
Superlative	is oirthearaí

Synonyms

• (eastern): thoir

Antonyms

• iartharach

Derived terms

• oirthearachas
• Poblacht Oirthearach Uragua f (“the Oriental Republic of Uruguay”)
• cangarú glas oirthearach (“eastern grey kangaroo”)

Noun

oirthearach m (genitive singular oirthearaigh, nominative plural oirthearaigh)

1. easterner
2. Oriental

Declension

Declension of oirthearach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oirthearach oirthearaigh vocative a oirthearaigh a oirthearacha genitive oirthearaigh oirthearach dative oirthearach oirthearaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-oirthearach na hoirthearaigh genitive an oirthearaigh na n-oirthearach dative leis an oirthearach don oirthearach leis na hoirthearaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of oirthearach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oirthearach	n-oirthearach	hoirthearach	t-oirthearach

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