Afracach

Irish

Etymology

From an Afraic (“Africa”) +‎ -ach. Compare Old Irish Afraicech, Scottish Gaelic Afragach.

Adjective

Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)

1. African

Declension

Declension of Afracach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Afracach	Afracach	Afracacha
Vocative	Afracaigh		Afracacha
Genitive		Afracaí	Afracacha	Afracach
Dative	Afracach	Afracach; Afracaigh (archaic)	Afracacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• Afracach Theas (“South African”, adjective)

Noun

Afracach m (genitive singular Afracaigh, nominative plural Afracaigh)

1. African

Declension

Declension of Afracach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Afracach Afracaigh Vocative a Afracaigh a Afracacha Genitive Afracaigh Afracach Dative Afracach Afracaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tAfracach na hAfracaigh Genitive an Afracaigh na nAfracach Dative leis an Afracach don Afracach leis na hAfracaigh

Derived terms

• Afracach Theas m (“South African”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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

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