Vallúnach

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Walloon + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Vallúnach (genitive singular masculine Vallúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Vallúnaí, plural Vallúnacha, not comparable)

1. Walloon

Declension

Declension of Vallúnach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Vallúnach	Vallúnach	Vallúnacha
vocative	Vallúnaigh		Vallúnacha
genitive		Vallúnaí	Vallúnacha	Vallúnach
dative	Vallúnach	Vallúnach; Vallúnaigh (archaic)	Vallúnacha
Comparative	níos Vallúnaí
Superlative	is Vallúnaí

Related terms

• Vallúinis f, Vallúnais f (“the Walloon language”)

Noun

Vallúnach m (genitive singular Vallúnaigh, nominative plural Vallúnaigh)

1. Walloon

Declension

Declension of Vallúnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Vallúnach Vallúnaigh vocative a Vallúnaigh a Vallúnacha genitive Vallúnaigh Vallúnach dative Vallúnach Vallúnaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Vallúnach na Vallúnaigh genitive an Vallúnaigh na Vallúnach dative leis an Vallúnach don Vallúnach leis na Vallúnaigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Vallúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Vallúnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Vallúnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024