Protastúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Protestant +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠɾˠɔt̪ˠəsˠˈt̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠɔt̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠʌt̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠun̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

Protastúnach (genitive singular masculine Protastúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Protastúnaí, plural Protastúnacha, comparative Protastúnaí)

  1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

Declension of Protastúnach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Protastúnach Phrotastúnach Protastúnacha;
Phrotastúnacha2
vocative Phrotastúnaigh Protastúnacha
genitive Protastúnaí Protastúnacha Protastúnach
dative Protastúnach;
Phrotastúnach1 		Phrotastúnach;
Phrotastúnaigh (archaic) 		Protastúnacha;
Phrotastúnacha2
Comparative níos Protastúnaí
Superlative is Protastúnaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

Protastúnach m (genitive singular Protastúnaigh, nominative plural Protastúnaigh)

  1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

Declension of Protastúnach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Protastúnach Protastúnaigh
vocative a Phrotastúnaigh a Phrotastúnacha
genitive Protastúnaigh Protastúnach
dative Protastúnach Protastúnaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Protastúnach na Protastúnaigh
genitive an Phrotastúnaigh na bProtastúnach
dative leis an bProtastúnach
don Phrotastúnach 		leis na Protastúnaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Protastúnach
radical lenition eclipsis
Protastúnach Phrotastúnach bProtastúnach

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

Further reading

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