Albannach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish Albanach, equivalent to Alba (“Scotland”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Irish Albanach and Manx Albinagh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠapən̪ˠəx/
• Hyphenation: Al‧ban‧nach

Noun

Albannach m (genitive singular Albannaich, plural Albannaich)

1. Scot, Scotsman

Declension

Declension of Albannach (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Albannach	Albannaich
Genitive	Albannaich	Albannach
Dative	Albannach	Albannaich; Albannachaibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) t-Albannach	(na) h-Albannaich
Genitive	(an) Albannaich	(nan) Albannach
Dative	(an) Albannach	(na) h-Albannaich; h-Albannachaibh*
Vocative	(a) Albannaich	(a) Albannacha

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Adjective

Albannach (genitive singular masculine Albannaich, genitive singular feminine Albannaiche or Albannaich, nominative plural Albannach)

1. Scottish

Declension

Declension of Albannach (type I adjective)

	Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Nominative	Albannach	Albannach	Albannach
Genitive	Albannaich	Albannaiche, Albannaich	Albannach
Dative	Albannach	Albannaich	Albannach
Vocative	Albannaich	Albannach	Albannach

Derived terms

• brot Albannach

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Albannach	nAlbannach	h-Albannach	tAlbannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Colin Mark (2003) “Albannach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 32
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Albanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language