Bolavach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bholaiv (“Bolivia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Bolavach (genitive singular masculine Bolavaigh, genitive singular feminine Bolavaí, plural Bolavacha, not comparable)

  1. Bolivian

Declension

Declension of Bolavach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Bolavach Bholavach Bolavacha;
Bholavacha2
vocative Bholavaigh Bolavacha
genitive Bolavaí Bolavacha Bolavach
dative Bolavach;
Bholavach1 		Bholavach;
Bholavaigh (archaic) 		Bolavacha;
Bholavacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Noun

Bolavach m (genitive singular Bolavaigh, nominative plural Bolavaigh)

  1. Bolivian

Declension

Declension of Bolavach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Bolavach Bolavaigh
vocative a Bholavaigh a Bholavacha
genitive Bolavaigh Bolavach
dative Bolavach Bolavaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Bolavach na Bolavaigh
genitive an Bholavaigh na mBolavach
dative leis an mBolavach
don Bholavach 		leis na Bolavaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bolavach
radical lenition eclipsis
Bolavach Bholavach mBolavach

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) “Bolavach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Bolavach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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