Alpach

See also: Alpách and alpach

Irish

Etymology

From na hAlpa (“the Alps”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Alpach (genitive singular masculine Alpaigh, genitive singular feminine Alpaí, plural Alpacha, comparative Alpaí)

  1. Alpine (relating to the Alps)

Declension

Declension of Alpach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Alpach Alpach Alpacha
vocative Alpaigh Alpacha
genitive Alpaí Alpacha Alpach
dative Alpach Alpach;
Alpaigh (archaic) 		Alpacha
Comparative níos Alpaí
Superlative is Alpaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Alpach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Alpach nAlpach hAlpach 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) “Alpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Alpine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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