Iosraelach

Irish

Etymology

From Iosrael (“Israel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Iosraelach (genitive singular masculine Iosraelaigh, genitive singular feminine Iosraelaí, plural Iosraelacha, not comparable)

1. Israeli

Declension

Declension of Iosraelach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Iosraelach	Iosraelach	Iosraelacha
Vocative	Iosraelaigh		Iosraelacha
Genitive		Iosraelaí	Iosraelacha	Iosraelach
Dative	Iosraelach	Iosraelach; Iosraelaigh (archaic)	Iosraelacha
Comparative	níos Iosraelaí
Superlative	is Iosraelaí

Noun

Iosraelach m (genitive singular Iosraelaigh, nominative plural Iosraelaigh)

1. Israeli (person)

Declension

Declension of Iosraelach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Iosraelach Iosraelaigh Vocative a Iosraelaigh a Iosraelacha Genitive Iosraelaigh Iosraelach Dative Iosraelach Iosraelaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tIosraelach na hIosraelaigh Genitive an Iosraelaigh na nIosraelach Dative leis an Iosraelach don Iosraelach leis na hIosraelaigh

Mutation

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

See also

• Iosraeilíteach

Further reading

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