Astrálach

Irish

Etymology

From Astráil (“Australia”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Astrálach (genitive singular masculine Astrálaigh, genitive singular feminine Astrálaí, plural Astrálacha, not comparable)

1. Australian

Declension

Declension of Astrálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Astrálach	Astrálach	Astrálacha
vocative	Astrálaigh		Astrálacha
genitive		Astrálaí	Astrálacha	Astrálach
dative	Astrálach	Astrálach; Astrálaigh (archaic)	Astrálacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• peil Astrálach (“Australian Rules football”)
• sípéir Astrálach (“kelpie”) (dog)

 

Noun

Astrálach m (genitive singular Astrálaigh, nominative plural Astrálaigh)

1. Australian

Declension

Declension of Astrálach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Astrálach Astrálaigh vocative a Astrálaigh a Astrálacha genitive Astrálaigh Astrálach dative Astrálach Astrálaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tAstrálach na hAstrálaigh genitive an Astrálaigh na nAstrálach dative leis an Astrálach don Astrálach leis na hAstrálaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Astrálach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Astrálach	nAstrálach	hAstrálach	tAstrálach

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) “Astrálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Astrálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Astrálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024