gásach

See also: gasach

Irish

Etymology

From gás (“gas”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gásach (genitive singular masculine gásaigh, genitive singular feminine gásaí, plural gásacha, comparative gásaí)

1. (chemistry, physics) gaseous
2. gassy
3. aerated (of water)

Declension

Declension of gásach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gásach	ghásach	gásacha; ghásacha²
Vocative	ghásaigh		gásacha
Genitive		gásaí	gásacha	gásach
Dative	gásach; ghásach¹	ghásach; ghásaigh (archaic)	gásacha; ghásacha²
Comparative	níos gásaí
Superlative	is gásaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gásach	ghásach	ngásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gásach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gásach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024