Bascach

Irish

Etymology

From French basque (“Basque”) + -ach.

Adjective

Bascach (genitive singular masculine Bascaigh, genitive singular feminine Bascaí, plural Bascacha, not comparable)

  1. Basque

Declension
Declension of Bascach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Bascach Bhascach Bascacha;
Bhascacha²
Vocative Bhascaigh Bascacha
Genitive Bascaí Bascacha Bascach
Dative Bascach;
Bhascach¹		 Bhascach;
Bhascaigh (archaic)		 Bascacha;
Bhascacha²
Comparative níos Bascaí
Superlative is Bascaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • Bascais f (“the Basque language”)

Noun

Bascach m (genitive singular Bascaigh, nominative plural Bascaigh)

  1. Basque

Declension
Declension of Bascach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Bascach Bascaigh
Vocative a Bhascaigh a Bhascacha
Genitive Bascaigh Bascach
Dative Bascach Bascaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Bascach na Bascaigh
Genitive an Bhascaigh na mBascach
Dative leis an mBascach

don Bhascach

 leis na Bascaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Bascach Bhascach mBascach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.