Danmhargach

Irish

Etymology

From An Danmhairg (“Denmark”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Danmhargach (genitive singular masculine Danmhargaigh, genitive singular feminine Danmhargaí, plural Danmhargacha, not comparable)

1. Danish

Declension

Declension of Danmhargach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Danmhargach	Dhanmhargach	Danmhargacha; Dhanmhargacha2
vocative	Dhanmhargaigh		Danmhargacha
genitive		Danmhargaí	Danmhargacha	Danmhargach
dative	Danmhargach; Dhanmhargach1	Dhanmhargach; Dhanmhargaigh (archaic)	Danmhargacha; Dhanmhargacha2
Comparative	níos Danmhargaí
Superlative	is Danmhargaí

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

• pastae Danmhargach (“danish”)

Related terms

• Danmhairgis (“the Danish language”)

Noun

Danmhargach m (genitive singular Danmhargaigh, nominative plural Danmhargaigh)

1. Dane

   Synonym: Danar

Declension

Declension of Danmhargach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Danmhargach Danmhargaigh vocative a Dhanmhargaigh a Dhanmhargacha genitive Danmhargaigh Danmhargach dative Danmhargach Danmhargaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Danmhargach na Danmhargaigh genitive an Danmhargaigh na nDanmhargach dative leis an Danmhargach don Danmhargach leis na Danmhargaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Danmhargach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Danmhargach	Dhanmhargach	nDanmhargach

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) “Danmhargach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Danmhargach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Danmhargach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024