Laplannach

Irish

Etymology

From an Laplainn (“Lapland, Sápmi”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Laplannach (genitive singular masculine Laplannaigh, genitive singular feminine Laplannaí, plural Laplannacha, not comparable)

1. Sami, Lapp, Lappish

   Synonym: Sámach

Declension

Declension of Laplannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Laplannach	Laplannach	Laplannacha
vocative	Laplannaigh		Laplannacha
genitive		Laplannaí	Laplannacha	Laplannach
dative	Laplannach	Laplannach; Laplannaigh (archaic)	Laplannacha
Comparative	níos Laplannaí
Superlative	is Laplannaí

Related terms

• Laplainnis f (“Sami, Lapp, Lappish”) (language)

Noun

Laplannach m (genitive singular Laplannaigh, nominative plural Laplannaigh)

1. Sami, Lapp, Laplander

   Synonym: Sámach

Declension

Declension of Lapplannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Lapplannach Lapplannaigh vocative a Lapplannaigh a Lapplannacha genitive Lapplannaigh Lapplannach dative Lapplannach Lapplannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Lapplannach na Lapplannaigh genitive an Lapplannaigh na Lapplannach dative leis an Lapplannach don Lapplannach leis na Lapplannaigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Laplannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Laplannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Laplannach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024