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Albanach
Albanach
See also: Albánach
Irish
Adjective
Albanach (genitive singular masculine Albanaigh, genitive singular feminine Albanaí, plural Albanacha)
Declension
Declension of Albanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Albanach | Albanach¹ | Albanacha³ | |
| Vocative | Albanaigh¹ | Albanach¹ | Albanacha | |
| Genitive | Albanaigh¹ | Albanaí (obsolete) Albanaighe |
Albanacha | Albanach |
| Dative | Albanach² | Albanach¹ (archaic) Albanaigh¹ |
Albanacha³ | |
| Comparative | Albanaí (obsolete) Albanaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
Albanach m (genitive singular Albanaigh, nominative plural Albanaigh)
- a Scotsman
- a Presbyterian
Declension
Declension of Albanach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Albanach | nAlbanach | hAlbanach | tAlbanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "Albanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “Albanaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 8.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Albu (“Scotland, Britain”) + -ach.
Noun
Albanach m
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Albanach | unchanged | nAlbanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||