ionraic

Irish

Alternative forms
  • ionraice

Etymology

From Middle Irish inraic, indraic, from Old Irish inricc (“worthy; legal”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌn̪ˠɾˠɪcɪ/[1] (corresponding to the form ionraice)

Adjective

ionraic (genitive singular masculine ionraic, genitive singular feminine ionraice, plural ionraice, comparative ionraice)

  1. honest, sincere, upright
  2. artless, guileless

Declension
Declension of ionraic
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ionraic ionraic ionraice
Vocative ionraic ionraice
Genitive ionraice ionraice ionraic
Dative ionraic ionraic ionraice
Comparative níos ionraice
Superlative is ionraice

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ionraic n-ionraic hionraic not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • eanraic, ionnrac, ionnraic, ionruic

Etymology

From Middle Irish inraic, indraic, from Old Irish inricc (“worthy, trustworthy, qualified to perform certain legal functions; of standard quality or quantity, complying with certain requirements, legal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjũnəɾɪc/

Adjective

ionraic (comparative ionraice)

  1. chaste, faithful, honest, innocent, just, righteous

Derived terms
  • eas-ionraic (“dishonest; faithless; wicked”, adjective)
  • mì-ionraic (“dishonest, unjust, unrighteous”, adjective)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ionraicn-ionraich-ionraict-ionraic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ionraic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “indraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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