Frangach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish frangcach (compare Irish Francach). By surface analysis, An Fhraing (France) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Frangach (genitive singular masculine Frangaich, genitive singular feminine Frangaiche)

  1. French

Declension[edit]

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative Frangach Fhrangach Frangach
Vocative Fhrangaich Fhrangach Frangach
Genitive Fhrangaich Fhrangaich/Frangaiche Frangach
Dative Fhrangach Fhrangaich Frangach

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Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

Frangach m (genitive singular Frangaich, plural Frangaich)

  1. Frenchman

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Frangach Fhrangach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “Frangach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frangcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language