gearrchosach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + cos (“foot, leg”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]gearrchosach (genitive singular masculine gearrchosaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchosaí, plural gearrchosacha, comparative gearrchosaí)
- short-legged
- short-handled (of implement)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gearrchosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrchosach | ghearrchosach | gearrchosacha; ghearrchosacha² | |
| Vocative | ghearrchosaigh | gearrchosacha | ||
| Genitive | gearrchosaí | gearrchosacha | gearrchosach | |
| Dative | gearrchosach; ghearrchosach¹ |
ghearrchosach; ghearrchosaigh (archaic) |
gearrchosacha; ghearrchosacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gearrchosaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearrchosaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearrchosach | ghearrchosach | ngearrchosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchosach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm