Albánach

See also: Albanach

Irish

Etymology

From An Albáin (“Albania”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Albánach (genitive singular masculine Albánaigh, genitive singular feminine Albánaí, plural Albánacha, not comparable)

1. Albanian

Declension

Declension of Albánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Albánach	Albánach	Albánacha
Vocative	Albánaigh		Albánacha
Genitive		Albánaí	Albánacha	Albánach
Dative	Albánach	Albánach; Albánaigh (archaic)	Albánacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Albáinis f (“the Albanian language”)
• Poblacht na hAlbáine f (“the Republic of Albania”)

 

Noun

Albánach m (genitive singular Albánaigh, nominative plural Albánaigh)

1. Albanian person

Declension

Declension of Albánach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Albánach Albánaigh Vocative a Albánaigh a Albánacha Genitive Albánaigh Albánach Dative Albánach Albánaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tAlbánach na hAlbánaigh Genitive an Albánaigh na nAlbánach Dative leis an Albánach don Albánach leis na hAlbánaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Albánach	nAlbánach	hAlbánach	tAlbánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Albánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Albanian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024