Afracach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an Afraic (“Africa”) + -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic Afragach.
Adjective
[edit]Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Afracach
Derived terms
[edit]- Afracach Theas (“South African”, adjective)
Noun
[edit]Afracach m (genitive singular Afracaigh, nominative plural Afracaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Afracach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- Afracach Theas m (“South African”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Afracach | nAfracach | hAfracach | tAfracach |
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) “Afracach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Afraicech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “Afracach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024