meisiasach

Irish

Etymology

From Meisias (“Messiah”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meisiasach (genitive singular masculine meisiasaigh, genitive singular feminine meisiasaí, plural meisiasacha, not comparable)

1. messianic

Declension

Declension of meisiasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	meisiasach	mheisiasach	meisiasacha; mheisiasacha²
Vocative	mheisiasaigh		meisiasacha
Genitive		meisiasaí	meisiasacha	meisiasach
Dative	meisiasach; mheisiasach¹	mheisiasach; mheisiasaigh (archaic)	meisiasacha; mheisiasacha²
Comparative	níos meisiasaí
Superlative	is meisiasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• meisiasacht f (“messianism”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meisiasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN