Graonlannach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Ghraonlainn (“Greenland”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Graonlannach (genitive singular masculine Graonlannaigh, genitive singular feminine Graonlannaí, plural Graonlannacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Graonlannach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Graonlannach | Ghraonlannach | Graonlannacha; Ghraonlannacha² | |
Vocative | Ghraonlannaigh | Graonlannacha | ||
Genitive | Graonlannaí | Graonlannacha | Graonlannach | |
Dative | Graonlannach; Ghraonlannach¹ |
Ghraonlannach; Ghraonlannaigh (archaic) |
Graonlannacha; Ghraonlannacha² | |
Comparative | níos Graonlannaí | |||
Superlative | is Graonlannaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- seabhac Graonlannach (“gerfalcon”)
Noun
[edit]Graonlannach m (genitive singular Graonlannaigh, nominative plural Graonlannaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Graonlannach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Graonlannach | Ghraonlannach | nGraonlannach |
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) “Graonlannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Graonlannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm