Botsuánach

Irish

Etymology

From an Bhotsuáin (“Botswana”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Botsuánach (genitive singular masculine Botsuánaigh, genitive singular feminine Botsuánaí, plural Botsuánacha, not comparable)

1. Botswanan

Declension

Declension of Botsuánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Botsuánach	Bhotsuánach	Botsuánacha; Bhotsuánacha2
vocative	Bhotsuánaigh		Botsuánacha
genitive		Botsuánaí	Botsuánacha	Botsuánach
dative	Botsuánach; Bhotsuánach1	Bhotsuánach; Bhotsuánaigh (archaic)	Botsuánacha; Bhotsuánacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• Poblacht na Botsuáine f (“Republic of Botswana”)

Noun

Botsuánach m (genitive singular Botsuánaigh, nominative plural Botsuánaigh)

1. Botswanan

Declension

Declension of Botsuánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Botsuánach Botsuánaigh vocative a Bhotsuánaigh a Bhotsuánacha genitive Botsuánaigh Botsuánach dative Botsuánach Botsuánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Botsuánach na Botsuánaigh genitive an Bhotsuánaigh na mBotsuánach dative leis an mBotsuánach don Bhotsuánach leis na Botsuánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Botsuánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Botsuánach	Bhotsuánach	mBotsuánach

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