Nígireach

Irish

Etymology

From An Nígir (“Niger”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Nígireach (genitive singular masculine Nígirigh, genitive singular feminine Nígirí, plural Nígireacha, not comparable)

1. Nigerien

Declension

Declension of Nígireach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Nígireach	Nígireach	Nígireacha
vocative	Nígirigh		Nígireacha
genitive		Nígirí	Nígireacha	Nígireach
dative	Nígireach	Nígireach; Nígirigh (archaic)	Nígireacha
Comparative	níos Nígirí
Superlative	is Nígirí

Related terms

• Poblacht na Nígire (“the Republic of Niger”)

Noun

Nígireach m (genitive singular Nígirigh, nominative plural Nígirigh)

1. Nigerien

Declension

Declension of Nígireach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Nígireach Nígirigh vocative a Nígirigh a Nígireacha genitive Nígirigh Nígireach dative Nígireach Nígirigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Nígireach na Nígirigh genitive an Nígirigh na Nígireach dative leis an Nígireach don Nígireach leis na Nígirigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Nígireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN