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

Noun

Albannach m (genitive singular Albannaich, plural Albannaich)

  1. Scot, Scotsman

Declension

Declension of Albannach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative Albannach Albannaich
genitive Albannaich Albannach
dative Albannach Albannaich; Albannachaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) t-Albannach (na) h-Albannaich
genitive (an) Albannaich (nan) Albannach
dative (an) Albannach (na) h-Albannaich; h-Albannachaibh1
vocative Albannaich Albannacha; Albannachaibh

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Adjective

Albannach (genitive singular masculine Albannaich, genitive singular feminine Albannaiche or Albannaich, nominative plural Albannach)

  1. Scottish

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

Mutation of Albannach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Albannach nAlbannach h-Albannach tAlbannach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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