Ioruach

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

Ioruach (genitive singular masculine Ioruaigh, genitive singular feminine Ioruaí, plural Ioruacha, not comparable)

1. Norwegian
2. Norse

Declension

Declension of Ioruach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Ioruach	Ioruach	Ioruacha
Vocative	Ioruaigh		Ioruacha
Genitive		Ioruaí	Ioruacha	Ioruach
Dative	Ioruach	Ioruach; Ioruaigh (archaic)	Ioruacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

Ioruach m (genitive singular Ioruaigh, nominative plural Ioruaigh)

1. a Norwegian (person)

Declension

Declension of Ioruach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Ioruach Ioruaigh Vocative a Ioruaigh a Ioruacha Genitive Ioruaigh Ioruach Dative Ioruach Ioruaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tIoruach na hIoruaigh Genitive an Ioruaigh na nIoruach Dative leis an Ioruach don Ioruach leis na hIoruaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ioruach	nIoruach	hIoruach	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) “Ioruach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ioruach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Ioruach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024