Rómánach

See also: Ròmanach

Old Irish

Etymology

From Rómán + -ach.

Adjective

Rómánach

  1. Roman
    Synonym: Rómánda
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 33a11
      a tír Rómánach, arindí a[d]·trebat Romáin and.
      the Roman land, because the Romans live there.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Rómánach Rómánach Rómánach
Vocative Rómánaig*
Rómánach**
Accusative Rómánach Rómánaig
Genitive Rómánaig Rómánaige Rómánaig
Dative Rómánuch Rómánaig Rómánuch
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative Rómánaig Rómánacha
Vocative Rómánachu
Rómánacha
Accusative Rómánachu
Rómánacha
Genitive Rómánach
Dative Rómánachaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: Rómánach

Further reading

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