Afraic

See also: Aifric

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Afraicc, from Old Irish Afraicc, borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Proper noun

An Afraic f (genitive Na hAfraice)

1. Africa

Declension

Declension of Afraic

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Afraic Vocative a Afraic Genitive Afraice Dative Afraic

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Afraic Genitive na hAfraice Dative leis an Afraic don Afraic

Derived terms

• Afracach (“African”, adjective)
• Afracach m (“African”)
• An Afraic Theas f (“South Africa”)
• Poblacht na hAfraice Láir f (“the Central African Republic”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Afraic	nAfraic	hAfraic	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Afraic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Afraic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “Afraic” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Afraic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.