Casacstáin

Irish

Etymology

From Kazakh Қазақстан (Qazaqstan, “Kazakhstan”).

Proper noun

An Chasacstáin f (genitive na Casacstáine)

1. Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Casacstáine

Declension

Declension of Casacstáin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Casacstáin vocative a Chasacstáin genitive Casacstáine dative Casacstáin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Chasacstáin genitive na Casacstáine dative leis an gCasacstáin don Chasacstáin

Derived terms

• Casacstánach (“Kazakh”, adjective)
• Casacstánach m (“a Kazakh person”)

Related terms

• Casaicis f (“the Kazakh language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Casacstáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Casacstáin	Chasacstáin	gCasacstáin

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

Further reading

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