Bahámaíoch
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Bahámaí (“Bahamas”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Bahámaíoch (genitive singular masculine Bahámaígh, genitive singular feminine Bahámaíche, plural Bahámaíocha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Bahámaíoch | Bhahámaíoch | Bahámaíocha; Bhahámaíocha2 | |
vocative | Bhahámaíoch | Bahámaíocha | ||
genitive | Bahámaíche | Bahámaíocha | Bahámaíoch | |
dative | Bahámaíoch; Bhahámaíoch1 |
Bhahámaíoch | Bahámaíocha; Bhahámaíocha2 | |
Comparative | níos Bahámaíche | |||
Superlative | is Bahámaíche |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- Na Bahámaí (“the Bahama Islands, the Bahamas”)
Noun
[edit]Bahámaíoch m (genitive singular Bahámaígh, nominative plural Bahámaígh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Bahámaíoch | Bhahámaíoch | mBahámaíoch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bahámaíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Bahámaíoch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024