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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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 case singular plural nominative Iiúdach Iávaigh vocative a Iávaigh a Iiúdacha genitive Iávaigh Iiúdach dative Iiúdach Iávaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIiúdach na hIávaigh genitive an Iávaigh na nIiúdach dative leis an Iiúdach don Iiúdach leis na hIávaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iávach	nIávach	hIávach	tIávach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iávach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Iávach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024