Bascach

Irish

Etymology

From French basque (“Basque”) + -ach.

Adjective

Bascach (genitive singular masculine Bascaigh, genitive singular feminine Bascaí, plural Bascacha, not comparable)

1. Basque

Declension

Declension of Bascach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Bascach	Bhascach	Bascacha; Bhascacha2
vocative	Bhascaigh		Bascacha
genitive		Bascaí	Bascacha	Bascach
dative	Bascach; Bhascach1	Bhascach; Bhascaigh (archaic)	Bascacha; Bhascacha2
Comparative	níos Bascaí
Superlative	is Bascaí

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

• Bascais f (“the Basque language”)

Noun

Bascach m (genitive singular Bascaigh, nominative plural Bascaigh)

1. Basque

Declension

Declension of Bascach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Bascach Bascaigh vocative a Bhascaigh a Bhascacha genitive Bascaigh Bascach dative Bascach Bascaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bascach na Bascaigh genitive an Bhascaigh na mBascach dative leis an mBascach don Bhascach leis na Bascaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bascach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bascach	Bhascach	mBascach

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) “Bascach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN