Albanach

See also: Albánach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Albanach. By surface analysis, Albain (“Scotland”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈalˠəbˠənˠəx/, /ˈal̪ˠəbˠən̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈalˠəbˠənˠa(x)/, /ˈal̪ˠəbˠən̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

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

1. Scottish

Declension

Declension of Albanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Albanach	Albanach	Albanacha
vocative	Albanaigh		Albanacha
genitive		Albanaí	Albanacha	Albanach
dative	Albanach	Albanach; Albanaigh (archaic)	Albanacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Declension of Albanach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Albanach Albanaigh vocative a Albanaigh a Albanacha genitive Albanaigh Albanach dative Albanach Albanaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tAlbanach na hAlbanaigh genitive an Albanaigh na nAlbanach dative leis an Albanach don Albanach leis na hAlbanaigh

Related terms

• Albain f (“Scotland”)
• Albainis f (“the Scots language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Albanach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Albanach	nAlbanach	hAlbanach	tAlbanach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Albanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Albanaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Albanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Albanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Albanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53
• “Albanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈal(ə)bənəx]

Adjective

Albanach

1. Scottish

Noun

Albanach m

1. Scot, Scotsman

Descendants

• Irish: Albanach
• Manx: Albinagh
• Scottish Gaelic: Albannach

Mutation

Mutation of Albanach

radical	lenition	nasalization
Albanach	unchanged	nAlbanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Albanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language