Connachtach
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Irish[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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Connachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Connachtach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Connachtach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.