Burmach

Irish

Etymology

From Burma +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Burmach (genitive singular masculine Burmaigh, genitive singular feminine Burmaí, plural Burmacha, not comparable)

1. Burman, Burmese

Declension

Declension of Burmach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Burmach	Bhurmach	Burmacha; Bhurmacha2
vocative	Bhurmaigh		Burmacha
genitive		Burmaí	Burmacha	Burmach
dative	Burmach; Bhurmach1	Bhurmach; Bhurmaigh (archaic)	Burmacha; Bhurmacha2
Comparative	níos Burmaí
Superlative	is Burmaí

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

Related terms

• Burmais f (“the Burmese language”)

Noun

Burmach m (genitive singular Burmaigh, nominative plural Burmaigh)

1. Burman, Burmese

Declension

Declension of Burmach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Burmach Burmaigh vocative a Bhurmaigh a Bhurmacha genitive Burmaigh Burmach dative Burmach Burmaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Burmach na Burmaigh genitive an Bhurmaigh na mBurmach dative leis an mBurmach don Bhurmach leis na Burmaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Burmach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Burmach	Bhurmach	mBurmach

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), “Burmach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Burmese”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Burmach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm