Eiritréach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eiritré (“Eritrea”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eiritréach (genitive singular masculine Eiritréigh, genitive singular feminine Eiritréiche, plural Eiritréacha, not comparable)

1. Eritrean

Declension

Declension of Eiritréach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Eiritréach	Eiritréach	Eiritréacha
vocative	Eiritréigh		Eiritréacha
genitive		Eiritréiche	Eiritréacha	Eiritréach
dative	Eiritréach	Eiritréach; Eiritréigh (archaic)	Eiritréacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Stát na hEiritré (“State of Eritrea”)

Noun

Eiritréach m (genitive singular Eiritréigh, nominative plural Eiritréigh)

1. Eritrean

Declension

Declension of Eiritréach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Eiritréach Eiritréigh vocative a Eiritréigh a Eiritréacha genitive Eiritréigh Eiritréach dative Eiritréach Eiritréigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tEiritréach na hEiritréigh genitive an Eiritréigh na nEiritréach dative leis an Eiritréach don Eiritréach leis na hEiritréigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eiritréach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eiritréach	nEiritréach	hEiritréach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Eritrean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024