Indiach

Irish

Etymology

From An India (“India”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Indiach (genitive singular masculine Indiaigh, genitive singular feminine Indiaiche, plural Indiacha, not comparable)

1. Indian

Declension

Declension of Indiach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Indiach	Indiach	Indiacha
vocative	Indiaigh		Indiacha
genitive		Indiaiche	Indiacha	Indiach
dative	Indiach	Indiach; Indiaigh (archaic)	Indiacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)
• Angla-Indiach (“Anglo-Indian”)
• arbhar Indiach (“maize, corn”)
• dúch Indiach (“Indian ink”)
• Iar-Indiach (“West-Indian”)
• Oir-Indiach (“East Indian”)

Noun

Indiach m (genitive singular Indiaigh, nominative plural Indiaigh)

1. Indian

Declension

Declension of Indiach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Indiach Indiaigh vocative a Indiaigh a Indiacha genitive Indiaigh Indiach dative Indiach Indiaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tIndiach na hIndiaigh genitive an Indiaigh na nIndiach dative leis an Indiach don Indiach leis na hIndiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Indiach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Indiach	nIndiach	hIndiach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Indiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Indiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Indiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025