Albanach

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See also: Albánach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Albanach. By surface analysis, Albain (“Scotland”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈalˠəbˠənˠəx/, /ˈal̪ˠəbˠən̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈalˠəbˠənˠa(x)/, /ˈal̪ˠəbˠən̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

Albanach (genitive singular masculine Albanaigh, genitive singular feminine Albanaí, plural Albanacha, not comparable)

  1. Scottish

Declension

Declension of Albanach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Albanach Albanach Albanacha
vocative Albanaigh Albanacha
genitive Albanaí Albanacha Albanach
dative Albanach Albanach;
Albanaigh (archaic) 		Albanacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Derived terms

Noun

Albanach m (genitive singular Albanaigh, nominative plural Albanaigh)

  1. a Scotsman
  2. (Christianity, historical, familiar) a Protestant, a Presbyterian

Declension

Declension of Albanach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Albanach Albanaigh
vocative a Albanaigh a Albanacha
genitive Albanaigh Albanach
dative Albanach Albanaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tAlbanach na hAlbanaigh
genitive an Albanaigh na nAlbanach
dative leis an Albanach
don Albanach 		leis na hAlbanaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Albanach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Albanach nAlbanach hAlbanach tAlbanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Albu (“Scotland, Britain”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Albanach

  1. Scottish

Noun

Albanach m

  1. Scot, Scotsman

Descendants

  • Irish: Albanach
  • Manx: Albinagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Albannach

Mutation

Mutation of Albanach
radical lenition nasalization
Albanach unchanged nAlbanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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