Eorpach

Irish

Etymology

From An Eoraip (“Europe”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Eorpach (genitive singular masculine Eorpaigh, genitive singular feminine Eorpaí, plural Eorpacha, comparative Eorpaí)

1. European

Declension

Declension of Eorpach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Eorpach	Eorpach	Eorpacha
vocative	Eorpaigh		Eorpacha
genitive		Eorpaí	Eorpacha	Eorpach
dative	Eorpach	Eorpach; Eorpaigh (archaic)	Eorpacha
Comparative	níos Eorpaí
Superlative	is Eorpaí

Derived terms

• An Coimisiún Eorpach m (“the European Commission”)
• An Comhphobal Eorpach m (“the European Community”)
• An tAontas Eorpach m (“the European Union”)
• bricfeasta Eorpach m (“continental breakfast”)
• castán Eorpach m (“sweet chestnut”) (tree)
• Eorpachas m (“Europeanism”)
• Ind-Eorpach (“Indo-European”, adjective)
• Ind-Eorpach m (“Indo-European”)
• leith Eorpach (“fluke”) (fish)
• minc Eorpach f (“European mink”)

Related terms

• Eoráiseach (“Eurasian”, adjective)

Noun

Eorpach m (genitive singular Eorpaigh, nominative plural Eorpaigh)

1. European (person)

Declension

Declension of Eorpach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Eorpach Eorpaigh vocative a Eorpaigh a Eorpacha genitive Eorpaigh Eorpach dative Eorpach Eorpaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tEorpach na hEorpaigh genitive an Eorpaigh na nEorpach dative leis an Eorpach don Eorpach leis na hEorpaigh

Related terms

• Eoráiseach m (“Eurasian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eorpach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eorpach	nEorpach	hEorpach	tEorpach

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