Bascach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom French basque (“Basque”) + -ach.
Adjective
editBascach (genitive singular masculine Bascaigh, genitive singular feminine Bascaí, plural Bascacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Bascach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Bascach | Bhascach | Bascacha; Bhascacha² | |
Vocative | Bhascaigh | Bascacha | ||
Genitive | Bascaí | Bascacha | Bascach | |
Dative | Bascach; Bhascach¹ |
Bhascach; Bhascaigh (archaic) |
Bascacha; Bhascacha² | |
Comparative | níos Bascaí | |||
Superlative | is Bascaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
edit- Bascais f (“the Basque language”)
Noun
editBascach m (genitive singular Bascaigh, nominative plural Bascaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of Bascach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Bascach | Bhascach | mBascach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bascach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN