Indinéis

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Proper noun

An Indinéis f (genitive na hIndinéise)

1. Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndinéise)

Declension

Declension of Indinéis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Indinéis Vocative a Indinéis Genitive Indinéise Dative Indinéis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Indinéis Genitive na hIndinéise Dative leis an Indinéis don Indinéis

Derived terms

• Indinéiseach (“Indonesian”, adjective)
• Indinéiseach m (“Indonesian”)
• Indinéisis f (“the Indonesian language”)

 

Related terms

• Iacárta (“Jakarta”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Indinéis	nIndinéis	hIndinéis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Indonesia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Indinéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm