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

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	gásach	ghásach	gásacha; ghásacha2
vocative	ghásaigh		gásacha
genitive		gásaí	strong noun	weak noun
			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

Mutated forms of gásach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gásach	ghásach	ngásach

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) “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, 2013-2025