Eorpach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eoraip (“Europe”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eorpach (genitive singular masculine Eorpaigh, genitive singular feminine Eorpaí, plural Eorpacha, comparative Eorpaí)

  1. European

Declension

Declension of Eorpach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Eorpach Eorpach Eorpacha
vocative Eorpaigh Eorpacha
genitive Eorpaí Eorpacha Eorpach
dative Eorpach Eorpach;
Eorpaigh (archaic) 		Eorpacha
Comparative níos Eorpaí
Superlative is Eorpaí

Derived terms

  • An Coimisiún Eorpach m (“the European Commission”)
  • An Comhphobal Eorpach m (“the European Community”)
  • An tAontas Eorpach m (“the European Union”)
  • bricfeasta Eorpach m (“continental breakfast”)
  • castán Eorpach m (“sweet chestnut”) (tree)
  • Eorpachas m (“Europeanism”)
  • Ind-Eorpach (“Indo-European”, adjective)
  • Ind-Eorpach m (“Indo-European”)
  • leith Eorpach (“fluke”) (fish)
  • minc Eorpach f (“European mink”)

Noun

Eorpach m (genitive singular Eorpaigh, nominative plural Eorpaigh)

  1. European (person)

Declension

Declension of Eorpach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Eorpach Eorpaigh
vocative a Eorpaigh a Eorpacha
genitive Eorpaigh Eorpach
dative Eorpach Eorpaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tEorpach na hEorpaigh
genitive an Eorpaigh na nEorpach
dative leis an Eorpach
don Eorpach 		leis na hEorpaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eorpach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eorpach nEorpach hEorpach tEorpach

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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