Ostarach

Irish

Etymology

From An Ostair (“Austria”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Ostarach (genitive singular masculine Ostaraigh, genitive singular feminine Ostaraí, plural Ostaracha, not comparable)

1. Austrian

Declension

Declension of Ostarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Ostarach	Ostarach	Ostaracha
Vocative	Ostaraigh		Ostaracha
Genitive		Ostaraí	Ostaracha	Ostarach
Dative	Ostarach	Ostarach; Ostaraigh (archaic)	Ostaracha
Comparative	níos Ostaraí
Superlative	is Ostaraí

Noun

Ostarach m (genitive singular Ostaraigh, nominative plural Ostaraigh)

1. Austrian

Declension

Declension of Ostarach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Ostarach Ostaraigh Vocative a Ostaraigh a Ostaracha Genitive Ostaraigh Ostarach Dative Ostarach Ostaraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tOstarach na hOstaraigh Genitive an Ostaraigh na nOstarach Dative leis an Ostarach don Ostarach leis na hOstaraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ostarach	nOstarach	hOstarach	tOstarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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