Bulgárach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bhulgáir (“Bulgaria”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Bulgárach (genitive singular masculine Bulgáraigh, genitive singular feminine Bulgáraí, plural Bulgáracha, not comparable)

1. Bulgarian

Declension

Declension of Bulgárach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Bulgárach	Bhulgárach	Bulgáracha; Bhulgáracha²
Vocative	Bhulgáraigh		Bulgáracha
Genitive		Bulgáraí	Bulgáracha	Bulgárach
Dative	Bulgárach; Bhulgárach¹	Bhulgárach; Bhulgáraigh (archaic)	Bulgáracha; Bhulgáracha²
Comparative	níos Bulgáraí
Superlative	is Bulgáraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Bulgáiris (“the Bulgarian language”)
• Poblacht na Bulgáire (“the Republic of Bulgaria”)

 

Noun

Bulgárach m (genitive singular Bulgáraigh, nominative plural Bulgáraigh)

1. Bulgarian person

Declension

Declension of Bulgárach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Bulgárach Bulgáraigh Vocative a Bhulgáraigh a Bhulgáracha Genitive Bulgáraigh Bulgárach Dative Bulgárach Bulgáraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bulgárach na Bulgáraigh Genitive an Bhulgáraigh na mBulgárach Dative leis an mBulgárach don Bhulgárach leis na Bulgáraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bulgárach	Bhulgárach	mBulgárach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bulgárach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bulgárach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Bulgárach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024