Tansánach

Irish

Etymology

From an Tansáin (“Tanzania”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Tansánach (genitive singular masculine Tansánaigh, genitive singular feminine Tansánaí, plural Tansánacha, not comparable)

1. Tanzanian

Declension

Declension of Tansánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Tansánach	Thansánach	Tansánacha; Thansánacha2
vocative	Thansánaigh		Tansánacha
genitive		Tansánaí	Tansánacha	Tansánach
dative	Tansánach; Thansánach1	Thansánach; Thansánaigh (archaic)	Tansánacha; Thansánacha2
Comparative	níos Tansánaí
Superlative	is Tansánaí

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

Noun

Tansánach m (genitive singular Tansánaigh, nominative plural Tansánaigh)

1. Tanzanian

Declension

Declension of Tansánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Tansánach Tansánaigh vocative a Thansánaigh a Thansánacha genitive Tansánaigh Tansánach dative Tansánach Tansánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Tansánach na Tansánaigh genitive an Tansánaigh na dTansánach dative leis an Tansánach don Tansánach leis na Tansánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Tansánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Tansánach	Thansánach	dTansánach

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

Further reading

• “Tansánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024