Albannach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish Albanach, equivalent to Alba (“Scotland”) + -ach. Cognate with Irish Albanach and Manx Albinagh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠapən̪ˠəx/
- Hyphenation: Al‧ban‧nach
Declension
Declension of Albannach (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | Albannach | Albannaich |
| Genitive | Albannaich | Albannach |
| Dative | Albannach | Albannaich; Albannachaibh* |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) t-Albannach | (na) h-Albannaich |
| Genitive | (an) Albannaich | (nan) Albannach |
| Dative | (an) Albannach | (na) h-Albannaich; h-Albannachaibh* |
| Vocative | (a) Albannaich | (a) Albannacha |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Adjective
Albannach (genitive singular masculine Albannaich, genitive singular feminine Albannaiche or Albannaich, nominative plural Albannach)
Declension
Declension of Albannach (type I adjective)
| Masculine | Feminine | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Albannach | Albannach | Albannach |
| Genitive | Albannaich | Albannaiche, Albannaich | Albannach |
| Dative | Albannach | Albannaich | Albannach |
| Vocative | Albannaich | Albannach | Albannach |
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Albannach | nAlbannach | h-Albannach | tAlbannach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Colin Mark (2003) “Albannach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 32
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Albanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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