Tansánach

Irish

Etymology

From an Tansáin (“Tanzania”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Tansánach (genitive singular masculine Tansánaigh, genitive singular feminine Tansánaí, plural Tansánacha, not comparable)

1. Tanzanian

Declension

Declension of Tansánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Tansánach	Thansánach	Tansánacha; Thansánacha²
Vocative	Thansánaigh		Tansánacha
Genitive		Tansánaí	Tansánacha	Tansánach
Dative	Tansánach; Thansánach¹	Thansánach; Thansánaigh (archaic)	Tansánacha; Thansánacha²
Comparative	níos Tansánaí
Superlative	is Tansánaí

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

Noun

Tansánach m (genitive singular Tansánaigh, nominative plural Tansánaigh)

1. Tanzanian

Declension

Declension of Tansánach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Tansánach Tansánaigh Vocative a Thansánaigh a Thansánacha Genitive Tansánaigh Tansánach Dative Tansánach Tansánaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Tansánach na Tansánaigh Genitive an Tansánaigh na dTansánach Dative leis an Tansánach don Tansánach leis na Tansánaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Tansánach	Thansánach	dTansánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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