Iar-Indiach

Irish

Etymology

From iar- (“west”) +‎ Indiach (“Indian”).

Adjective

Iar-Indiach (genitive singular masculine Iar-Indiaigh, genitive singular feminine Iar-Indiaiche, plural Iar-Indiacha, not comparable)

1. West Indian

Declension

Declension of Iar-Indiach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiacha
Vocative	Iar-Indiach		Iar-Indiacha
Genitive		Iar-Indiaiche	Iar-Indiacha	Iar-Indiach
Dative	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiach	Iar-Indiacha
Comparative	níos Iar-Indiaiche
Superlative	is Iar-Indiaiche

Related terms

• Na hIndiacha Thiar (“the West Indies”)

Noun

Iar-Indiach m (genitive singular Iar-Indiaigh, nominative plural Iar-Indiaigh)

1. West Indian

Declension

Declension of Iar-Indiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Iar-Indiach Iar-Indiaigh Vocative a Iar-Indiaigh a Iar-Indiacha Genitive Iar-Indiaigh Iar-Indiach Dative Iar-Indiach Iar-Indiaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tIar-Indiach na hIar-Indiaigh Genitive an Iar-Indiaigh na nIar-Indiach Dative leis an Iar-Indiach don Iar-Indiach leis na hIar-Indiaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iar-Indiach	nIar-Indiach	hIar-Indiach	tIar-Indiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iar-Indiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iar-Indiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iar-Indiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024