Botsuánach

Irish

Etymology

From an Bhotsuáin (“Botswana”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Botsuánach (genitive singular masculine Botsuánaigh, genitive singular feminine Botsuánaí, plural Botsuánacha, not comparable)

  1. Botswanan

Declension

Declension of Botsuánach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Botsuánach Bhotsuánach Botsuánacha;
Bhotsuánacha2
vocative Bhotsuánaigh Botsuánacha
genitive Botsuánaí Botsuánacha Botsuánach
dative Botsuánach;
Bhotsuánach1 		Bhotsuánach;
Bhotsuánaigh (archaic) 		Botsuánacha;
Bhotsuánacha2
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

Botsuánach m (genitive singular Botsuánaigh, nominative plural Botsuánaigh)

  1. Botswanan

Declension

Declension of Botsuánach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Botsuánach Botsuánaigh
vocative a Bhotsuánaigh a Bhotsuánacha
genitive Botsuánaigh Botsuánach
dative Botsuánach Botsuánaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Botsuánach na Botsuánaigh
genitive an Bhotsuánaigh na mBotsuánach
dative leis an mBotsuánach
don Bhotsuánach 		leis na Botsuánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Botsuánach
radical lenition eclipsis
Botsuánach Bhotsuánach mBotsuánach

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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