Oir-Indiach

Irish

Etymology

From oir- (“east”) +‎ Indiach (“Indian”).

Adjective

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

1. East Indian

Declension

Declension of Oir-Indiach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Oir-Indiach	Oir-Indiach	Oir-Indiacha
Vocative	Oir-Indiach		Oir-Indiacha
Genitive		Oir-Indiaiche	Oir-Indiacha	Oir-Indiach
Dative	Oir-Indiach	Oir-Indiach	Oir-Indiacha
Comparative	níos Oir-Indiaiche
Superlative	is Oir-Indiaiche

Related terms

• Na hIndiacha Thoir f pl (“the East Indies”)

Noun

Oir-Indiach m (genitive singular Oir-Indiaigh, nominative plural Oir-Indiaigh)

1. East Indian

Declension

Declension of Oir-Indiach

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tOir-Indiach na hOir-Indiaigh Genitive an Oir-Indiaigh na nOir-Indiach Dative leis an Oir-Indiach don Oir-Indiach leis na hOir-Indiaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Oir-Indiach	nOir-Indiach	hOir-Indiach	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) “Oir-Indiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Oir-Indiach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.