Protastúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Pratastúnach (Cois Fharraige)
• Protastún (noun)

Etymology

From English Protestant +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠɔt̪ˠəsˠˈt̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠɔt̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠʌt̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠun̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

Protastúnach (genitive singular masculine Protastúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Protastúnaí, plural Protastúnacha, comparative Protastúnaí)

1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

Declension of Protastúnach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Protastúnach	Phrotastúnach	Protastúnacha; Phrotastúnacha2
vocative	Phrotastúnaigh		Protastúnacha
genitive		Protastúnaí	Protastúnacha	Protastúnach
dative	Protastúnach; Phrotastúnach1	Phrotastúnach; Phrotastúnaigh (archaic)	Protastúnacha; Phrotastúnacha2
Comparative	níos Protastúnaí
Superlative	is Protastúnaí

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

Derived terms

• Protastúnachas (“Protestantism”)
• eitic Phrotastúnach (“Protestant work ethic”)

Noun

Protastúnach m (genitive singular Protastúnaigh, nominative plural Protastúnaigh)

1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

Declension of Protastúnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Protastúnach Protastúnaigh vocative a Phrotastúnaigh a Phrotastúnacha genitive Protastúnaigh Protastúnach dative Protastúnach Protastúnaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Protastúnach na Protastúnaigh genitive an Phrotastúnaigh na bProtastúnach dative leis an bProtastúnach don Phrotastúnach leis na Protastúnaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Protastúnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Protastúnach	Phrotastúnach	bProtastúnach

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) “Protastúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “protestant”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Protastúnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Protastúnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Protastúnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024