Aibisíneach

Irish

Etymology

From an Aibisín (“Abyssinia”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Aibisíneach (genitive singular masculine Aibisínigh, genitive singular feminine Aibisíní, plural Aibisíneacha, not comparable)

1. Abyssinian

Declension

Declension of Aibisíneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Aibisíneach	Aibisíneach	Aibisíneacha
vocative	Aibisínigh		Aibisíneacha
genitive		Aibisíní	Aibisíneacha	Aibisíneach
dative	Aibisíneach	Aibisíneach; Aibisínigh (archaic)	Aibisíneacha
Comparative	níos Aibisíní
Superlative	is Aibisíní

Noun

Aibisíneach m (genitive singular Aibisínigh, nominative plural Aibisínigh)

1. Abyssinian

Declension

Declension of Aibisíneach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Aibisíneach Aibisínigh vocative a Aibisínigh a Aibisíneacha genitive Aibisínigh Aibisíneach dative Aibisíneach Aibisínigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tAibisíneach na hAibisínigh genitive an Aibisínigh na nAibisíneach dative leis an Aibisíneach don Aibisíneach leis na hAibisínigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Aibisíneach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aibisíneach	nAibisíneach	hAibisíneach	tAibisíneach

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) “Aibisíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Aibisíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm