irisk

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish irsker, from Old Norse írskr. Cognate of Danish irsk, German irisch, English Irish.

Adjective

irisk (comparative mer irisk, superlative mest irisk)

1. Irish (pertaining to Ireland, in particular Celtic aspects of its culture)

Declension

Inflection of irisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	irisk	mer irisk	mest irisk
neuter singular	iriskt	mer iriskt	mest iriskt
plural	iriska	mer iriska	mest iriska
masculine plural2	iriske	mer iriska	mest iriska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	iriske	mer iriske	mest iriske
all	iriska	mer iriska	mest iriska

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• irer
• iriska
• Irland
• irländsk

Further reading

• irisk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker