Afracach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Afraiceach

Etymology

From an Afraic (Africa) +‎ -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic Afragach.

Adjective

Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)

  1. African

Declension

Declension of Afracach
Positive singular plural
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

Noun

Afracach m (genitive singular Afracaigh, nominative plural Afracaigh)

  1. African

Declension

Declension of Afracach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Afracach Afracaigh
vocative a Afracaigh a Afracacha
genitive Afracaigh Afracach
dative Afracach Afracaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tAfracach na hAfracaigh
genitive an Afracaigh na nAfracach
dative leis an Afracach
don Afracach
leis na hAfracaigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Afracach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Afracach nAfracach hAfracach tAfracach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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