ionracas

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ionracas m (genitive singular ionracais)

  1. uprightness, honesty, integrity
    Antonym: mí-ionracas
  2. artlessness, guilelessness
  3. favour, compliment

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ionracas n-ionracas hionracas t-ionracas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • ionrachas, ionnracas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ionracas m (genitive singular ionracais)

  1. integrity, faithfulness, honesty, innocence
    Synonym: onair
  2. justness, righteousness

Derived terms

  • eas-ionracas (dishonesty; faithlessness; wickedness)
  • mì-ionracas (disingenuity)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ionracasn-ionracash-ionracast-ionracas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ionracas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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