Iávach

Irish

Etymology

From Iáva (“Java”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Iávach (genitive singular masculine Iávaigh, genitive singular feminine Iávaí, plural Iávacha, not comparable)

  1. Javan, Javanese

Declension

Declension of Iávach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Iávach Iávach Iávacha;
Iávacha2
vocative Iávaigh Iávacha
genitive Iávaí Iávacha Iávach
dative Iávach;
Iávach1 		Iávach;
Iávaigh (archaic) 		Iávacha;
Iávacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Iávach m (genitive singular Iávaigh, nominative plural Iávaigh)

  1. Javan, Javanese

Declension

Declension of Iiúdach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Iiúdach Iávaigh
vocative a Iávaigh a Iiúdacha
genitive Iávaigh Iiúdach
dative Iiúdach Iávaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tIiúdach na hIávaigh
genitive an Iávaigh na nIiúdach
dative leis an Iiúdach
don Iiúdach 		leis na hIávaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iávach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Iávach nIávach hIávach tIávach

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) “Iávach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Iávach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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