Danmhargach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Danmhairg (“Denmark”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Danmhargach (genitive singular masculine Danmhargaigh, genitive singular feminine Danmhargaí, plural Danmhargacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Danmhargach | Dhanmhargach | Danmhargacha; Dhanmhargacha2 | |
vocative | Dhanmhargaigh | Danmhargacha | ||
genitive | Danmhargaí | Danmhargacha | Danmhargach | |
dative | Danmhargach; Dhanmhargach1 |
Dhanmhargach; Dhanmhargaigh (archaic) |
Danmhargacha; Dhanmhargacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Danmhargaí | |||
Superlative | is Danmhargaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- pastae Danmhargach (“danish”)
Related terms
[edit]- Danmhairgis (“the Danish language”)
Noun
[edit]Danmhargach m (genitive singular Danmhargaigh, nominative plural Danmhargaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Danmhargach | Dhanmhargach | nDanmhargach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Danmhargach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Danmhargach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Danmhargach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024