Graonlannach

Irish

Etymology

From An Ghraonlainn (“Greenland”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Graonlannach (genitive singular masculine Graonlannaigh, genitive singular feminine Graonlannaí, plural Graonlannacha, not comparable)

1. Greenlandic

Declension

Declension of Graonlannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
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

• seabhac Graonlannach (“gerfalcon”)

Noun

Graonlannach m (genitive singular Graonlannaigh, nominative plural Graonlannaigh)

1. Greenlander

Declension

Declension of Graonlannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Graonlannach Graonlannaigh vocative a Ghraonlannaigh a Ghraonlannacha genitive Graonlannaigh Graonlannach dative Graonlannach Graonlannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Graonlannach na Graonlannaigh genitive an Ghraonlannaigh na nGraonlannach dative leis an nGraonlannach don Ghraonlannach leis na Graonlannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Graonlannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Graonlannach	Ghraonlannach	nGraonlannach

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) “Graonlannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Graonlannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm