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
Positive singular plural
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
singular plural
nominative Iamácach Iamácaigh
vocative a Iamácaigh a Iamácacha
genitive Iamácaigh Iamácach
dative Iamácach Iamácaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tIamácach na hIamácaigh
genitive an Iamácaigh na nIamácach
dative leis an Iamácach
don Iamácach 		leis na hIamácaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iamácach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Iamácach nIamácach hIamácach tIamácach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Iamácach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Jamaican”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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