gabhálach

See also: gabhalach

Irish

Etymology

From gabháil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gabhálach (genitive singular masculine gabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine gabhálaí, plural gabhálacha, comparative gabhálaí)

1. taking, catching
2. receptive; contagious
3. gripping, grasping, occupying
4. possessive, avaricious

   Synonym: maoinchíocrach

Declension

Declension of gabhálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gabhálach	ghabhálach	gabhálacha; ghabhálacha2
vocative	ghabhálaigh		gabhálacha
genitive		gabhálaí	gabhálacha	gabhálach
dative	gabhálach; ghabhálach1	ghabhálach; ghabhálaigh (archaic)	gabhálacha; ghabhálacha2
Comparative	níos gabhálaí
Superlative	is gabhálaí

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

• cúlghabhálach (“retroactive; retrospective”)
• gabhálacht (“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)
• iarghabhálach (“retrospective”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gabhálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gabhálach	ghabhálach	ngabhálach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.