Eiritréach

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Irish

Etymology

From An Eiritré (Eritrea) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eiritréach (genitive singular masculine Eiritréigh, genitive singular feminine Eiritréiche, plural Eiritréacha, not comparable)

  1. Eritrean

Declension

Declension of Eiritréach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Eiritréach Eiritréach Eiritréacha
vocative Eiritréigh Eiritréacha
genitive Eiritréiche Eiritréacha Eiritréach
dative Eiritréach Eiritréach;
Eiritréigh (archaic)
Eiritréacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Noun

Eiritréach m (genitive singular Eiritréigh, nominative plural Eiritréigh)

  1. Eritrean

Declension

Declension of Eiritréach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Eiritréach Eiritréigh
vocative a Eiritréigh a Eiritréacha
genitive Eiritréigh Eiritréach
dative Eiritréach Eiritréigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tEiritréach na hEiritréigh
genitive an Eiritréigh na nEiritréach
dative leis an Eiritréach
don Eiritréach
leis na hEiritréigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eiritréach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eiritréach nEiritréach hEiritréach not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Eritrean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024