Connachtach
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish Connachtach, from Connachta (“Connacht”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Connachtach (genitive singular masculine Connachtaigh, genitive singular feminine Connachtaí, plural Connachtacha, not comparable)
- Connacht (attributive)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Connachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Connachtach | Chonnachtach | Connachtacha; Chonnachtacha² | |
| Vocative | Chonnachtaigh | Connachtacha | ||
| Genitive | Connachtaí | Connachtacha | Connachtach | |
| Dative | Connachtach; Chonnachtach¹ |
Chonnachtach; Chonnachtaigh (archaic) |
Connachtacha; Chonnachtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Connachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is Connachtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]Connachtach m (genitive singular Connachtaigh, nominative plural Connachtaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Connachtach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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See also
[edit]- Muimhneach m (“Munsterman, Munsterwoman”)
- Ultach m (“Ulsterman, Ulsterwoman”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Connachtach | Chonnachtach | gConnachtach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Connachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Connachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Connachtach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Connachtach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024