oirthearach

Irish

Etymology

oirthear +‎ -ach.

Adjective

oirthearach

1. (literary) front
2. eastern, Oriental
3. orientalist

Declension

Declension of oirthearach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	oirthearach	oirthearach	oirthearacha
Vocative	oirthearaigh		oirthearacha
Genitive		oirthearaí	oirthearacha	oirthearach
Dative	oirthearach	oirthearach; oirthearaigh (archaic)	oirthearacha
Comparative	níos oirthearaí
Superlative	is oirthearaí

Synonyms

• (eastern): thoir

Antonyms

• iartharach

Derived terms

• oirthearachas
• Poblacht Oirthearach Uragua f (“the Oriental Republic of Uruguay”)
• cangarú glas oirthearach (“eastern grey kangaroo”)

Noun

oirthearach m (genitive singular oirthearaigh, nominative plural oirthearaigh)

1. easterner
2. Oriental

Declension

Declension of oirthearach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oirthearach oirthearaigh Vocative a oirthearaigh a oirthearacha Genitive oirthearaigh oirthearach Dative oirthearach oirthearaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oirthearach na hoirthearaigh Genitive an oirthearaigh na n-oirthearach Dative leis an oirthearach don oirthearach leis na hoirthearaigh

Mutation

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