Greagórach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Gréagóir (“Gregory”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Greagórach (genitive singular masculine Greagóraigh, genitive singular feminine Greagóraí, plural Greagóracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- cantaireacht Ghréagórach f (“Gregorian chant”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Greagórach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Greagórach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm