Afracánach

Irish

Etymology

From Afrikaans Afrikaner + -ach.

Adjective

Afracánach (genitive singular masculine Afracánaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracánaí, plural Afracánacha, not comparable)

1. Afrikaner

Declension

Declension of Afracánach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	Afracánach	Afracánach	Afracánacha
vocative	Afracánaigh		Afracánacha
genitive		Afracánaí	strong noun	weak noun
			Afracánacha	Afracánach
dative	Afracánach	Afracánach; Afracánaigh (archaic)	Afracánacha
Comparative	níos Afracánaí
Superlative	is Afracánaí

Noun

Afracánach m (genitive singular Afracánaigh, nominative plural Afracánaigh)

1. Afrikaner

Declension

Declension of Afracánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Afracánach Afracánaigh vocative a Afracánaigh a Afracánacha genitive Afracánaigh Afracánach dative Afracánach Afracánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tAfracánach na hAfracánaigh genitive an Afracánaigh na nAfracánach dative leis an Afracánach don Afracánach leis na hAfracánaigh

Related terms

• Afracáinis f (“Afrikaans”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Afracánach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Afracánach	nAfracánach	hAfracánach	tAfracánach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Afracánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Afracánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025