Rómánach

See also: Ròmanach

Old Irish

Etymology

From Rómán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Rómánach

1. Roman

   Synonym: Rómánda

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 33^a11

     a tír Rómánach, arindí a[d]·trebat Romáin and.

     the Roman land, because the Romans live there.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Rómánach	Rómánach	Rómánach
Vocative	Rómánaig* Rómánach**
Accusative	Rómánach	Rómánaig
Genitive	Rómánaig	Rómánaige	Rómánaig
Dative	Rómánuch	Rómánaig	Rómánuch
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	Rómánaig	Rómánacha
Vocative	Rómánachu Rómánacha†
Accusative	Rómánachu Rómánacha†
Genitive	Rómánach
Dative	Rómánachaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Related terms

• Róm (“Rome”)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Rómánach
  • Irish: Rómhánach

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Rómánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language