Mongólach

Irish

Etymology

From An Mhongóil (“Mongolia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Mongólach (genitive singular masculine Mongólaigh, genitive singular feminine Mongólaí, plural Mongólacha, not comparable)

1. Mongolian

Declension

Declension of Mongólach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Mongólach	Mongólach	Mongólacha
vocative	Mongólaigh		Mongólacha
genitive		Mongólaí	Mongólacha	Mongólach
dative	Mongólach	Mongólach; Mongólaigh (archaic)	Mongólacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Mongóilis (“the Mongolian language”)

Noun

Mongólach m (genitive singular Mongólaigh, nominative plural Mongólaigh)

1. Mongolian, Mongol

Declension

Declension of Mongólach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Mongólach Mongólaigh vocative a Mhongólaigh a Mhongólacha genitive Mongólaigh Mongólach dative Mongólach Mongólaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Mongólach na Mongólaigh genitive an Mhongólaigh na Mongólach dative leis an Mongólach don Mhongólach leis na Mongólaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Mongólach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Mongólach	Mhongólach	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

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