Eorpach

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Irish

Etymology

From An Eoraip (“Europe”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eorpach (genitive singular masculine Eorpaigh, genitive singular feminine Eorpaí, plural Eorpacha, comparative Eorpaí)

European

Declension

Declension of *Eorpach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Eorpach	Eorpach	Eorpacha
vocative	Eorpaigh	Eorpach	Eorpacha
genitive	Eorpaigh	Eorpaí	Eorpacha	Eorpach
dative	Eorpach	Eorpach; Eorpaigh (archaic)	Eorpacha
Comparative	níos Eorpaí
Superlative	is Eorpaí

Derived terms

An Coimisiún Eorpach m (“the European Commission”)
An Comhphobal Eorpach m (“the European Community”)
An tAontas Eorpach m (“the European Union”)
bricfeasta Eorpach m (“continental breakfast”)
castán Eorpach m (“sweet chestnut”) (tree)
Eorpachas m (“Europeanism”)
Ind-Eorpach (“Indo-European”, adjective)
Ind-Eorpach m (“Indo-European”)
leith Eorpach (“fluke”) (fish)
minc Eorpach f (“European mink”)

Related terms

Eoráiseach (“Eurasian”, adjective)

Noun

Eorpach m (genitive singular Eorpaigh, nominative plural Eorpaigh)

European (person)

Declension

Declension of Eorpach (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	Eorpach	Eorpaigh
vocative	a Eorpaigh	a Eorpacha
genitive	Eorpaigh	Eorpach
dative	Eorpach	Eorpaigh

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an tEorpach	na hEorpaigh
genitive	an Eorpaigh	na nEorpach
dative	leis an Eorpach don Eorpach	leis na hEorpaigh

Related terms

Eoráiseach m (“Eurasian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Eorpach*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eorpach	nEorpach	hEorpach	tEorpach

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eorpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eorpach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“Eorpach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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