Alpach

See also: Alpách and alpach

Irish

Etymology

From na hAlpa (“the Alps”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Alpach (genitive singular masculine Alpaigh, genitive singular feminine Alpaí, plural Alpacha, comparative Alpaí)

1. Alpine (relating to the Alps)

Declension

Declension of Alpach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Alpach	Alpach	Alpacha
vocative	Alpaigh		Alpacha
genitive		Alpaí	Alpacha	Alpach
dative	Alpach	Alpach; Alpaigh (archaic)	Alpacha
Comparative	níos Alpaí
Superlative	is Alpaí

Derived terms

• fo-alpach (“subalpine”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Alpach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Alpach	nAlpach	hAlpach	not applicable

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), “Alpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Alpine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025