Afraic

See also: Aifric

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Afraic, borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Proper noun

An Afraic f (genitive Na hAfraice)

1. Africa

Declension

Declension of Afraic

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Afraic Vocative a Afraic Genitive Afraice Dative Afraic

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Afraic Genitive na hAfraice Dative leis an Afraic don Afraic

Derived terms

• Afracach (“African”, adjective)
• Afracach m (“African”)
• An Afraic Theas f (“South Africa”)
• Poblacht na hAfraice Láir f (“the Central African Republic”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Afraic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Afraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Afraic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Afraic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrikʲ/

Proper noun

Afraic f

1. (geography) Africa

Derived terms

• Afracdae
• Afraicech

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Afraic	unchanged	nAfraic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Afraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language