Amanach

Irish

Etymology

After the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730) + -ach.

Adjective

Amanach (genitive singular masculine Amanaigh, genitive singular feminine Amanaí, plural Amanacha, not comparable)

  1. Amish

Declension

Declension of Amanach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Amanach Amanach Amanacha
vocative Amanaigh Amanacha
genitive Amanaí Amanacha Amanach
dative Amanach Amanach;
Amanaigh (archaic) 		Amanacha
Comparative níos Amanaí
Superlative is Amanaí

Proper noun

Na nAmanach m pl

  1. genitive of na hAmanaigh (“the Amish”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Amanach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Amanach nAmanach hAmanach 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

  • “Amish”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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