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

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