Iamácach

Irish

Etymology

From Iamáice (“Jamaica”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Iamácach (genitive singular masculine Iamácaigh, genitive singular feminine Iamácaí, plural Iamácacha, not comparable)

1. Jamaican

Declension

Declension of Iamácach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Iamácach	Iamácach	Iamácacha
vocative	Iamácaigh		Iamácacha
genitive		Iamácaí	Iamácacha	Iamácach
dative	Iamácach	Iamácach; Iamácaigh (archaic)	Iamácacha
Comparative	níos Iamácaí
Superlative	is Iamácaí

Noun

Iamácach m (genitive singular Iamácaigh, nominative plural Iamácaigh)

1. Jamaican

Declension

Declension of Iamácach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Iamácach Iamácaigh vocative a Iamácaigh a Iamácacha genitive Iamácaigh Iamácach dative Iamácach Iamácaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIamácach na hIamácaigh genitive an Iamácaigh na nIamácach dative leis an Iamácach don Iamácach leis na hIamácaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iamácach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iamácach	nIamácach	hIamácach	tIamácach

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) “Iamácach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Jamaican”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024