allúrach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

allúrach (genitive singular masculine allúraigh, genitive singular feminine allúraí, plural allúracha, comparative allúraí)

1. foreign

Declension

Declension of allúrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	allúrach	allúrach	allúracha
Vocative	allúraigh		allúracha
Genitive		allúraí	allúracha	allúrach
Dative	allúrach	allúrach; allúraigh (archaic)	allúracha
Comparative	níos allúraí
Superlative	is allúraí

Alternative forms

• allmhartha

Noun

allúrach m (genitive singular allúraigh, nominative plural allúraigh)

1. foreigner

Declension

Declension of allúrach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative allúrach allúraigh Vocative a allúraigh a allúracha Genitive allúraigh allúrach Dative allúrach allúraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-allúrach na hallúraigh Genitive an allúraigh na n-allúrach Dative leis an allúrach don allúrach leis na hallúraigh

Alternative forms

• allmharach
• allmhurach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
allúrach	n-allúrach	hallúrach	t-allúrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “foreign”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024