Meaning of -ach | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms nouns from other nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’.
   masculine, morpheme
2. forms the genitive singular of some fifth-declension nouns
   morpheme
3. Forms adjectives from other nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘connected or involved with, belonging to, having’.
   masculine, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“Éire (“Ireland”) + -ach → Éireannach (“Irish (person)”)”

“Sasana (“England”) + -ach → Sasanach (“English (person)”)”

“bunús (“basis”) + -ach → bunúsach (“basic”)”

“fearg (“anger”) + -ach → feargach (“angry”)”

“Éire (“Ireland”) + -ach → Éireannach (“Irish”)”

“Sasana (“England”) + -ach → Sasanach (“English”)”

CEFR level