Arabach

Irish

Etymology

From an Araib (“Arabia”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠəbˠəx/

Adjective

Arabach (genitive singular masculine Arabaigh, genitive singular feminine Arabaí, plural Arabacha, not comparable)

1. Arabic, Arabian, Arab

Declension

Declension of Arabach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Arabach	Arabach	Arabacha
vocative	Arabaigh		Arabacha
genitive		Arabaí	Arabacha	Arabach
dative	Arabach	Arabach; Arabaigh (archaic)	Arabacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• An Mhuir Arabach f (“the Arabian Sea”)
• Aontas na nÉimíríochtaí Arabacha m (“the United Arab Emirates”)
• capall Arabach m (“Arab”) (horse)
• guma arabach m (“gum arabic”)
• oracs Arabach m (“Arabian oryx”)
• Poblacht Arabach na hÉigipte f (“the Arab Republic of Egypt”)
• Poblacht Arabach na Siria f (“the Syrian Arab Republic”)
• uimhir Arabach f (“Arabic numeral”)

Related terms

• Araibis f (“the Arabic language”)

Noun

Arabach m (genitive singular Arabaigh, nominative plural Arabaigh)

1. Arab
2. Arabian (horse)

   Synonym: capall Arabach

Declension

Declension of Arabach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Arabach Arabaigh vocative a Arabaigh a Arabacha genitive Arabaigh Arabach dative Arabach Arabaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tArabach na hArabaigh genitive an Arabaigh na nArabach dative leis an Arabach don Arabach leis na hArabaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Arabach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Arabach	nArabach	hArabach	tArabach

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) “Arabach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Arabach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Arabach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈra.bax/
• Rhymes: -abax
• Syllabification: A‧ra‧bach

Noun

Arabach

1. locative plural of Arab

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

Arabach

1. Arab, Arabic, Arabian

Related terms

• Arabais
• Aràibia
• figear Arabach

Noun

Arabach m (genitive singular Arabaich, plural Arabaich)

1. Arab

Mutation

Mutation of Arabach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Arabach	n-Arabach	h-Arabach	t-Arabach

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