oileánach

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Irish

Etymology

oileán (“island”) +‎ -ach; compare Scottish Gaelic eileanach.

Pronunciation

Noun

oileánach m (genitive singular oileánaigh, nominative plural oileánaigh)

  1. islander

Declension

Declension of oileánach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative oileánach oileánaigh
vocative a oileánaigh a oileánacha
genitive oileánaigh oileánach
dative oileánach oileánaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-oileánach na hoileánaigh
genitive an oileánaigh na n-oileánach
dative leis an oileánach
don oileánach 		leis na hoileánaigh

Adjective

oileánach

  1. abounding in islands
  2. insular

Declension

Declension of oileánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative oileánach oileánach oileánacha
vocative oileánaigh oileánacha
genitive oileánaí oileánacha oileánach
dative oileánach oileánach;
oileánaigh (archaic) 		oileánacha
Comparative níos oileánaí
Superlative is oileánaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of oileánach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oileánach n-oileánach hoileánach t-oileánach

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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