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Protastúnach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English Protestant +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Protastúnach (genitive singular masculine Protastúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Protastúnaí, plural Protastúnacha, comparative Protastúnaí)

  1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

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Declension of Protastúnach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Protastúnach Phrotastúnach Protastúnacha;
Phrotastúnacha²
Vocative Phrotastúnaigh Protastúnacha
Genitive Protastúnaí Protastúnacha Protastúnach
Dative Protastúnach;
Phrotastúnach¹ 		Phrotastúnach;
Phrotastúnaigh (archaic) 		Protastúnacha;
Phrotastúnacha²
Comparative níos Protastúnaí
Superlative is Protastúnaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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Noun

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Protastúnach m (genitive singular Protastúnaigh, nominative plural Protastúnaigh)

  1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

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Declension of Protastúnach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Protastúnach Protastúnaigh
Vocative a Phrotastúnaigh a Phrotastúnacha
Genitive Protastúnaigh Protastúnach
Dative Protastúnach Protastúnaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Protastúnach na Protastúnaigh
Genitive an Phrotastúnaigh na bProtastúnach
Dative leis an bProtastúnach

don Phrotastúnach

leis na Protastúnaigh

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Protastúnach Phrotastúnach bProtastúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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