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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

  • "ionraic" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “indraic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “indraic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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