ionraic

Irish

Alternative forms

• ionraice

Etymology

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

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

First Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ionraic	ionraic¹	ionraice³
Vocative	ionraic¹	ionraic¹	ionraice
Genitive	ionraic¹	ionraice	ionraice	ionraic
Dative	ionraic²	ionraic¹	ionraice³
Comparative	ionraice

¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• macánta
• (honest): cneasta
• (sincere): fíréanta

Derived terms

• ainionraic (“lacking integrity, dishonest”)
• mí-ionraic (“dishonest”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• "ionraic" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “indraic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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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”).

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

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “indraic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.