Ioruais

Irish

Etymology

An Iorua (“Norway”) +‎ -is

Proper noun

Ioruais f (genitive Ioruaise)

1. the Norwegian language

Declension

Declension of Ioruais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Ioruais vocative a Ioruais genitive Ioruaise dative Ioruais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Ioruais genitive na hIoruaise dative leis an Ioruais don Ioruais

Derived terms

• Sean-Ioruais f (“Old Norwegian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ioruais

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ioruais	nIoruais	hIoruais	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) “Ioruais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ioruais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Ioruais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024