Afracach
Irish
Etymology
From an Afraic (“Africa”) + -ach. Compare Old Irish Afraicech, Scottish Gaelic Afragach.
Adjective
Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of Afracach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Afracach | Afracach | Afracacha | |
Vocative | Afracaigh | Afracacha | ||
Genitive | Afracaí | Afracacha | Afracach | |
Dative | Afracach | Afracach; Afracaigh (archaic) |
Afracacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Derived terms
- Afracach Theas (“South African”, adjective)
Declension
Declension of Afracach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- Afracach Theas m (“South African”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Afracach | nAfracach | hAfracach | tAfracach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "Afracach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “Afraicech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “Afracach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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