Albanach

See also: Albánach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Albanach; synchronically, Albain (“Scotland”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈalˠəbˠənəx/

Adjective

Albanach (genitive singular masculine Albanaigh, genitive singular feminine Albanaí, plural Albanacha, not comparable)

  1. Scottish

Declension

Derived terms

  • uisce beatha Albanach (“Scotch whisky”)

Noun

Albanach m (genitive singular Albanaigh, nominative plural Albanaigh)

  1. a Scotsman
  2. (Christianity, historical, familiar) a Protestant, a Presbyterian

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Albanach nAlbanach hAlbanach tAlbanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Albu (“Scotland, Britain”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Albanach

  1. Scottish

Noun

Albanach m

  1. Scot, Scotsman

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Albanach unchanged nAlbanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “Albanach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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