Iúrasach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Iúrasach (genitive singular masculine Iúrasaigh, genitive singular feminine Iúrasaí, plural Iúrasacha, not comparable)

1. (geology) Jurassic

Declension

Declension of Iúrasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Iúrasach	Iúrasach	Iúrasacha
Vocative	Iúrasaigh		Iúrasacha
Genitive		Iúrasaí	Iúrasacha	Iúrasach
Dative	Iúrasach	Iúrasach; Iúrasaigh (archaic)	Iúrasacha
Comparative	níos Iúrasaí
Superlative	is Iúrasaí

Proper noun

An tIúrasach m (genitive an Iúrasaigh)

1. (geology, paleontology) the Jurassic

   Synonym: an Tréimhse Iúrasach

Declension

Declension of Iúrasach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Iúrasach Vocative a Iúrasaigh Genitive Iúrasaigh Dative Iúrasach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tIúrasach Genitive an Iúrasaigh Dative leis an Iúrasach don Iúrasach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iúrasach	nIúrasach	hIúrasach	tIúrasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iúrasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Iúrasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024