Bulgárach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bhulgáir (“Bulgaria”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Bulgárach (genitive singular masculine Bulgáraigh, genitive singular feminine Bulgáraí, plural Bulgáracha, not comparable)

1. Bulgarian

Declension

Declension of Bulgárach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Bulgárach	Bhulgárach	Bulgáracha; Bhulgáracha2
vocative	Bhulgáraigh		Bulgáracha
genitive		Bulgáraí	Bulgáracha	Bulgárach
dative	Bulgárach; Bhulgárach1	Bhulgárach; Bhulgáraigh (archaic)	Bulgáracha; Bhulgáracha2
Comparative	níos Bulgáraí
Superlative	is Bulgáraí

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

• Bulgáiris (“the Bulgarian language”)
• Poblacht na Bulgáire (“the Republic of Bulgaria”)

 

Noun

Bulgárach m (genitive singular Bulgáraigh, nominative plural Bulgáraigh)

1. Bulgarian person

Declension

Declension of Bulgárach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Bulgárach Bulgáraigh vocative a Bhulgáraigh a Bhulgáracha genitive Bulgáraigh Bulgárach dative Bulgárach Bulgáraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bulgárach na Bulgáraigh genitive an Bhulgáraigh na mBulgárach dative leis an mBulgárach don Bhulgárach leis na Bulgáraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bulgárach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bulgárach	Bhulgárach	mBulgárach

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