alpach

See also: Alpach

Irish

Alternative forms

• alpúil

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alpach (genitive singular masculine alpaigh, genitive singular feminine alpaí, plural alpacha, comparative alpaí)

1. voracious, greedy

   Synonym: cíocrach

2. grabbing

   Synonym: glámach

Declension

Declension of alpach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	alpach	alpach	alpacha
vocative	alpaigh		alpacha
genitive		alpaí	strong noun	weak noun
			alpacha	alpach
dative	alpach	alpach; alpaigh (archaic)	alpacha
Comparative	níos alpaí
Superlative	is alpaí

Derived terms

• alpachán m (“lump, chunk; chunky person; pig, greedy person;”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpach

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

• 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