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Patagónach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From An Phatagóin (Patagonia) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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Patagónach (genitive singular masculine Patagónaigh, genitive singular feminine Patagónaí, plural Patagónacha, not comparable)

  1. Patagonian

Declension

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Declension of Patagónach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Patagónach Phatagónach Patagónacha;
Phatagónacha2
vocative Phatagónaigh Patagónacha
genitive Patagónaí Patagónacha Patagónach
dative Patagónach;
Phatagónach1
Phatagónach;
Phatagónaigh (archaic)
Patagónacha;
Phatagónacha2
Comparative níos Patagónaí
Superlative is Patagónaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

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Patagónach m (genitive singular Patagónaigh, nominative plural Patagónaigh)

  1. Patagonian

Declension

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Declension of Patagónach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Patagónach Patagónaigh
vocative a Phatagónaigh a Phatagónacha
genitive Patagónaigh Patagónach
dative Patagónach Patagónaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Patagónach na Patagónaigh
genitive an Phatagónaigh na bPatagónach
dative leis an bPatagónach
don Phatagónach
leis na Patagónaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Patagónach
radical lenition eclipsis
Patagónach Phatagónach bPatagónach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.