callánach

Irish

Etymology

From callán (“racket, clamour”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

callánach (genitive singular masculine callánaigh, genitive singular feminine callánaí, plural callánacha, comparative callánaí)

1. loud, noisy, raucous, clamorous

Declension

Declension of callánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	callánach	challánach	callánacha; challánacha2
vocative	challánaigh		callánacha
genitive		callánaí	callánacha	callánach
dative	callánach; challánach1	challánach; challánaigh (archaic)	callánacha; challánacha2
Comparative	níos callánaí
Superlative	is callánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of callánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
callánach	challánach	gcallánach

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) “callánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “callánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “callánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025