Greagórach

Irish

Etymology

From Gréagóir (“Gregory”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Greagórach (genitive singular masculine Greagóraigh, genitive singular feminine Greagóraí, plural Greagóracha, not comparable)

1. Gregorian

Declension

Declension of Greagórach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Greagórach	Ghreagórach	Greagóracha; Ghreagóracha2
vocative	Ghreagóraigh		Greagóracha
genitive		Greagóraí	Greagóracha	Greagórach
dative	Greagórach; Ghreagórach1	Ghreagórach; Ghreagóraigh (archaic)	Greagóracha; Ghreagóracha2
Comparative	níos Greagóraí
Superlative	is Greagóraí

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

• cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Greagórach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Greagórach	Ghreagórach	nGreagórach

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