Afraic

See also: Aifric

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Afraicc, from Old Irish Afraicc, borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafˠɾˠɪc/

Proper noun

An Afraic f (genitive Na hAfraice)

1. Africa

Declension

Declension of Afraic (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Afraic vocative a Afraic genitive Afraice dative Afraic forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Afraic genitive na hAfraice dative leis an Afraic don Afraic

Derived terms

• Afracach (“African”, adjective)
• Afracach m (“African”)
• An Afraic Theas f (“South Africa”)
• Poblacht na hAfraice Láir f (“the Central African Republic”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Afraic

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Afraic	nAfraic	hAfraic	not applicable

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) “Afraic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Afraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Afraic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Afraic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024