Indiach

Irish

Etymology

From An India (“India”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Indiach (genitive singular masculine Indiaigh, genitive singular feminine Indiaiche, plural Indiacha, not comparable)

1. Indian

Declension

Declension of Indiach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Indiach	Indiach	Indiacha
Vocative	Indiaigh		Indiacha
Genitive		Indiaiche	Indiacha	Indiach
Dative	Indiach	Indiach; Indiaigh (archaic)	Indiacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)
• Angla-Indiach (“Anglo-Indian”)
• arbhar Indiach (“maize, corn”)
• dúch Indiach (“Indian ink”)
• Iar-Indiach (“West-Indian”)
• Oir-Indiach (“East Indian”)

 

Noun

Indiach m (genitive singular Indiaigh, nominative plural Indiaigh)

1. Indian

Declension

Declension of Indiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Indiach Indiaigh Vocative a Indiaigh a Indiacha Genitive Indiaigh Indiach Dative Indiach Indiaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tIndiach na hIndiaigh Genitive an Indiaigh na nIndiach Dative leis an Indiach don Indiach leis na hIndiaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Indiach	nIndiach	hIndiach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Indiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Indiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Indiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024