Mongólach

Mongólach

Irish

Etymology

From An Mhongóil (“Mongolia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Mongólach (genitive singular masculine Mongólaigh, genitive singular feminine Mongólaí, plural Mongólacha, not comparable)

1. Mongolian

Declension

Declension of Mongólach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Mongólach	Mongólach	Mongólacha
Vocative	Mongólaigh		Mongólacha
Genitive		Mongólaí	Mongólacha	Mongólach
Dative	Mongólach	Mongólach; Mongólaigh (archaic)	Mongólacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Mongóilis (“the Mongolian language”)

Noun

Mongólach m (genitive singular Mongólaigh, nominative plural Mongólaigh)

1. Mongolian, Mongol

Declension

Declension of Mongólach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Mongólach Mongólaigh Vocative a Mhongólaigh a Mhongólacha Genitive Mongólaigh Mongólach Dative Mongólach Mongólaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Mongólach na Mongólaigh Genitive an Mhongólaigh na Mongólach Dative leis an Mongólach don Mhongólach leis na Mongólaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Mongólach	Mhongólach	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), “Mongólach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Mongólach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Mongólach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.