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

	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

• 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionraic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ionraic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language