Afracach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Afraiceach

Etymology

From an Afraic (“Africa”) +‎ -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic Afragach.

Adjective

Afracach (genitive singular masculine Afracaigh, genitive singular feminine Afracaí, plural Afracacha, not comparable)

1. African

Declension

Declension of Afracach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Afracach	Afracach	Afracacha
vocative	Afracaigh		Afracacha
genitive		Afracaí	Afracacha	Afracach
dative	Afracach	Afracach; Afracaigh (archaic)	Afracacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• Afracach Theas (“South African”, adjective)

Noun

Afracach m (genitive singular Afracaigh, nominative plural Afracaigh)

1. African

Declension

Declension of Afracach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Afracach Afracaigh vocative a Afracaigh a Afracacha genitive Afracaigh Afracach dative Afracach Afracaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tAfracach na hAfracaigh genitive an Afracaigh na nAfracach dative leis an Afracach don Afracach leis na hAfracaigh

Derived terms

• Afracach Theas m (“South African”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Afracach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Afracach	nAfracach	hAfracach	tAfracach

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) “Afracach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Afraicech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “Afracach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025