Íosánach

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Irish

Etymology

From Íosa +‎ -án + -ach, a calque of New Latin Iēsuīta.

Pronunciation

Noun

Íosánach m (genitive singular Íosánaigh, nominative plural Íosánaigh)

  1. Jesuit

Declension

Declension of Íosánach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Íosánach Íosánaigh
vocative a Íosánaigh a Íosánacha
genitive Íosánaigh Íosánach
dative Íosánach Íosánaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tÍosánach na hÍosánaigh
genitive an Íosánaigh na nÍosánach
dative leis an Íosánach
don Íosánach
leis na hÍosánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Íosánach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Íosánach nÍosánach hÍosánach tÍosánach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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