alpach
See also: Alpach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]alpach (genitive singular masculine alpaigh, genitive singular feminine alpaí, plural alpacha, comparative alpaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | alpach | alpach | alpacha | |
| vocative | alpaigh | alpacha | ||
| genitive | alpaí | alpacha | alpach | |
| dative | alpach | alpach; alpaigh (archaic) |
alpacha | |
| Comparative | níos alpaí | |||
| Superlative | is alpaí | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- alpachán m (“lump, chunk; chunky person; pig, greedy person;”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpach | n-alpach | halpach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alpach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “alpach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025