Aibisíneach

Irish

Etymology

From an Aibisín (“Abyssinia”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Aibisíneach (genitive singular masculine Aibisínigh, genitive singular feminine Aibisíní, plural Aibisíneacha, not comparable)

1. Abyssinian

Declension

Declension of Aibisíneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Aibisíneach	Aibisíneach	Aibisíneacha
Vocative	Aibisínigh		Aibisíneacha
Genitive		Aibisíní	Aibisíneacha	Aibisíneach
Dative	Aibisíneach	Aibisíneach; Aibisínigh (archaic)	Aibisíneacha
Comparative	níos Aibisíní
Superlative	is Aibisíní

Noun

Aibisíneach m (genitive singular Aibisínigh, nominative plural Aibisínigh)

1. Abyssinian

Declension

Declension of Aibisíneach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Aibisíneach Aibisínigh Vocative a Aibisínigh a Aibisíneacha Genitive Aibisínigh Aibisíneach Dative Aibisíneach Aibisínigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tAibisíneach na hAibisínigh Genitive an Aibisínigh na nAibisíneach Dative leis an Aibisíneach don Aibisíneach leis na hAibisínigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aibisíneach	nAibisíneach	hAibisíneach	tAibisíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Aibisíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Aibisíneach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.