Éireannach

See also: Èireannach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Érennach, equivalent to Éireann (“Ireland”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

Éireannach (genitive singular masculine Éireannaigh, genitive singular feminine Éireannaí, plural Éireannacha, comparative Éireannaí)

1. Irish (nationality, ethnicity, language, culture, etc.)

Declension

Declension of Éireannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Éireannach	Éireannach	Éireannacha
Vocative	Éireannaigh		Éireannacha
Genitive		Éireannaí	Éireannacha	Éireannach
Dative	Éireannach	Éireannach; Éireannaigh (archaic)	Éireannacha
Comparative	níos Éireannaí
Superlative	is Éireannaí

Derived terms

• Angla-Éireannach (“Anglo-Irish”, adjective)
• Éireannachas m (“Irish characteristic(s)”)
• iúr Éireannach m (“Irish, Florence Court, yew”)

 

Noun

Éireannach m (genitive singular Éireannaigh, nominative plural Éireannaigh)

1. An Irish person, male or female

Usage notes

• Used for either male or female persons, but declined as a first-declension masculine noun either way.

Declension

Declension of Éireannach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Éireannach Éireannaigh Vocative a Éireannaigh a Éireannacha Genitive Éireannaigh Éireannach Dative Éireannach Éireannaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tÉireannach na hÉireannaigh Genitive an Éireannaigh na nÉireannach Dative leis an Éireannach don Éireannach leis na hÉireannaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Éireannach	nÉireannach	hÉireannach	tÉireannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Éireannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Érennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Éireannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 95
• “Éireannach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

Éireannach

1. Dated form of Èireannach.

Noun

Éireannach m (genitive singular Éireannaich, plural Éireannaich)

1. Dated form of Èireannach.