Casacach

Irish

Etymology

From English Kazakh + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Casacach (genitive singular masculine Casacaigh, genitive singular feminine Casacaí, plural Casacacha, not comparable)

1. Kazakh

   Synonym: Casacstánach

Declension

Declension of Casacach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Casacach	Chasacach	Casacacha; Chasacacha2
vocative	Chasacaigh		Casacacha
genitive		Casacaí	Casacacha	Casacach
dative	Casacach; Chasacach1	Chasacach; Chasacaigh (archaic)	Casacacha; Chasacacha2
Comparative	níos Casacaí
Superlative	is Casacaí

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

• Casaicis (“the Kazakh language”)
• Poblacht na Casacstáine (“the Republic of Kazakhstan”)

Noun

Casacach m (genitive singular Casacaigh, nominative plural Casacaigh)

1. Kazakh person

   Synonym: Casacstánach

Declension

Declension of Casacach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Casacach Casacaigh vocative a Chasacaigh a Chasacacha genitive Casacaigh Casacach dative Casacach Casacaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Casacach na Casacaigh genitive an Chasacaigh na gCasacach dative leis an gCasacach don Chasacach leis na Casacaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Casacach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Casacach	Chasacach	gCasacach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Casacach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025