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)

honest, sincere, upright
artless, guileless

Declension

Declension of ionraic

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	ionraic	ionraic	ionraice
Vocative	ionraic	ionraic	ionraice
Genitive	ionraic	ionraice	ionraice	ionraic
Dative	ionraic	ionraic	ionraice
Comparative	níos ionraice
Superlative	is ionraice

Synonyms

macánta
(honest): cneasta
(sincere): fíréanta

Derived terms

ainionraic (“lacking integrity, dishonest”)
mí-ionraic (“dishonest”)

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)

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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