Iamácach

Irish

Etymology

From Iamáice (“Jamaica”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Iamácach (genitive singular masculine Iamácaigh, genitive singular feminine Iamácaí, plural Iamácacha, not comparable)

1. Jamaican

Declension

Declension of Iamácach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Iamácach	Iamácach	Iamácacha
Vocative	Iamácaigh		Iamácacha
Genitive		Iamácaí	Iamácacha	Iamácach
Dative	Iamácach	Iamácach; Iamácaigh (archaic)	Iamácacha
Comparative	níos Iamácaí
Superlative	is Iamácaí

Noun

Iamácach m (genitive singular Iamácaigh, nominative plural Iamácaigh)

1. Jamaican

Declension

Declension of Iamácach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Iamácach Iamácaigh Vocative a Iamácaigh a Iamácacha Genitive Iamácaigh Iamácach Dative Iamácach Iamácaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tIamácach na hIamácaigh Genitive an Iamácaigh na nIamácach Dative leis an Iamácach don Iamácach leis na hIamácaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iamácach	nIamácach	hIamácach	tIamácach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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