Eiritréach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eiritré (“Eritrea”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eiritréach (genitive singular masculine Eiritréigh, genitive singular feminine Eiritréiche, plural Eiritréacha, not comparable)

1. Eritrean

Declension

Declension of Eiritréach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Eiritréach	Eiritréach	Eiritréacha
Vocative	Eiritréigh		Eiritréacha
Genitive		Eiritréiche	Eiritréacha	Eiritréach
Dative	Eiritréach	Eiritréach; Eiritréigh (archaic)	Eiritréacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Stát na hEiritré (“State of Eritrea”)

Noun

Eiritréach m (genitive singular Eiritréigh, nominative plural Eiritréigh)

1. Eritrean

Declension

Declension of Eiritréach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Eiritréach Eiritréigh Vocative a Eiritréigh a Eiritréacha Genitive Eiritréigh Eiritréach Dative Eiritréach Eiritréigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tEiritréach na hEiritréigh Genitive an Eiritréigh na nEiritréach Dative leis an Eiritréach don Eiritréach leis na hEiritréigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eiritréach	nEiritréach	hEiritréach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Eritrean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024