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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an Afraic (“Africa”) + -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic Afragach.
Adjective
Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)
- African
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
Afracach m (genitive singular Afracaigh, nominative plural Afracaigh)
- African
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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Afracach
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nAfracach
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hAfracach
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tAfracach
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Afracach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Afraicech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Afracach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.