Astrálach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Astráil (“Australia”) + -ach.
Adjective
editAstrálach (genitive singular masculine Astrálaigh, genitive singular feminine Astrálaí, plural Astrálacha, not comparable)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Astrálach | Astrálach | Astrálacha | |
vocative | Astrálaigh | Astrálacha | ||
genitive | Astrálaí | Astrálacha | Astrálach | |
dative | Astrálach | Astrálach; Astrálaigh (archaic) |
Astrálacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Derived terms
edit- peil Astrálach (“Australian Rules football”)
- sípéir Astrálach (“kelpie”) (dog)
Noun
editAstrálach m (genitive singular Astrálaigh, nominative plural Astrálaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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Astrálach | nAstrálach | hAstrálach | tAstrálach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Astrálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Astrálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Astrálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024