Bascach

Irish

Etymology

From French basque (“Basque”) + -ach.

Adjective

Bascach (genitive singular masculine Bascaigh, genitive singular feminine Bascaí, plural Bascacha, not comparable)

  1. Basque

Declension

Declension of Bascach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Bascach Bhascach Bascacha;
Bhascacha2
vocative Bhascaigh Bascacha
genitive Bascaí Bascacha Bascach
dative Bascach;
Bhascach1 		Bhascach;
Bhascaigh (archaic) 		Bascacha;
Bhascacha2
Comparative níos Bascaí
Superlative is Bascaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • Bascais f (“the Basque language”)

Noun

Bascach m (genitive singular Bascaigh, nominative plural Bascaigh)

  1. Basque

Declension

Declension of Bascach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Bascach Bascaigh
vocative a Bhascaigh a Bhascacha
genitive Bascaigh Bascach
dative Bascach Bascaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Bascach na Bascaigh
genitive an Bhascaigh na mBascach
dative leis an mBascach
don Bhascach 		leis na Bascaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bascach
radical lenition eclipsis
Bascach Bhascach mBascach

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

Further reading

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