Nigéarach

Irish

Etymology

From An Nigéir (“Nigeria”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Nigéarach (genitive singular masculine Nigéaraigh, genitive singular feminine Nigéaraí, plural Nigéaracha, not comparable)

1. Nigerian

Declension

Declension of Nigéarach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	Nigéarach	Nigéarach	Nigéaracha
vocative	Nigéaraigh		Nigéaracha
genitive		Nigéaraí	strong noun	weak noun
			Nigéaracha	Nigéarach
dative	Nigéarach	Nigéarach; Nigéaraigh (archaic)	Nigéaracha
Comparative	níos Nigéaraí
Superlative	is Nigéaraí

Related terms

• Poblacht Chónaidhme na Nigéire (“the Federal Republic of Nigeria”)

Noun

Nigéarach m (genitive singular Nigéaraigh, nominative plural Nigéaraigh)

1. Nigerian person

Declension

Declension of Nigéarach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Nigéarach Nigéaraigh vocative a Nigéaraigh a Nigéaracha genitive Nigéaraigh Nigéarach dative Nigéarach Nigéaraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Nigéarach na Nigéaraigh genitive an Nigéaraigh na Nigéarach dative leis an Nigéarach don Nigéarach leis na Nigéaraigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Nigéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Nigéarach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025