Eorpach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eoraip (“Europe”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eorpach (genitive singular masculine Eorpaigh, genitive singular feminine Eorpaí, plural Eorpacha, comparative Eorpaí)

1. European

Declension

Declension of Eorpach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Eorpach	Eorpach	Eorpacha
Vocative	Eorpaigh		Eorpacha
Genitive		Eorpaí	Eorpacha	Eorpach
Dative	Eorpach	Eorpach; Eorpaigh (archaic)	Eorpacha
Comparative	níos Eorpaí
Superlative	is Eorpaí

Derived terms

• An Coimisiún Eorpach m (“the European Commission”)
• An Comhphobal Eorpach m (“the European Community”)
• An tAontas Eorpach m (“the European Union”)
• bricfeasta Eorpach m (“continental breakfast”)
• castán Eorpach m (“sweet chestnut”) (tree)
• Eorpachas m (“Europeanism”)
• Ind-Eorpach (“Indo-European”, adjective)
• Ind-Eorpach m (“Indo-European”)
• leith Eorpach (“fluke”) (fish)
• minc Eorpach f (“European mink”)

 

Related terms

• Eoráiseach (“Eurasian”, adjective)

Noun

Eorpach m (genitive singular Eorpaigh, nominative plural Eorpaigh)

1. European (person)

Declension

Declension of Eorpach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Eorpach Eorpaigh Vocative a Eorpaigh a Eorpacha Genitive Eorpaigh Eorpach Dative Eorpach Eorpaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tEorpach na hEorpaigh Genitive an Eorpaigh na nEorpach Dative leis an Eorpach don Eorpach leis na hEorpaigh

Related terms

• Eoráiseach m (“Eurasian”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eorpach	nEorpach	hEorpach	tEorpach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eorpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eorpach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Eorpach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024