Iamácach

Irish

Etymology

From Iamáice (“Jamaica”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Iamácach (genitive singular masculine Iamácaigh, genitive singular feminine Iamácaí, plural Iamácacha, not comparable)

  1. Jamaican

Declension
Declension of Iamácach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Iamácach Iamácach Iamácacha
Vocative Iamácaigh Iamácacha
Genitive Iamácaí Iamácacha Iamácach
Dative Iamácach Iamácach;
Iamácaigh (archaic)		 Iamácacha
Comparative níos Iamácaí
Superlative is Iamácaí

Noun

Iamácach m (genitive singular Iamácaigh, nominative plural Iamácaigh)

  1. Jamaican

Declension
Declension of Iamácach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Iamácach Iamácaigh
Vocative a Iamácaigh a Iamácacha
Genitive Iamácaigh Iamácach
Dative Iamácach Iamácaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tIamácach na hIamácaigh
Genitive an Iamácaigh na nIamácach
Dative leis an Iamácach

don Iamácach

 leis na hIamácaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Iamácach nIamácach hIamácach tIamácach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iamácach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Jamaican”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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