gaelach

See also: Gaelach

Irish

Alternative forms

• gaedhealach (obsolete)

Adjective

gaelach (genitive singular masculine gaelaigh, genitive singular feminine gaelaí, plural gaelacha, comparative gaelaí)

1. Alternative form of Gaelach (“native to Ireland; homely, pleasant; common, ordinary”)

Declension

Declension of gaelach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gaelach	ghaelach	gaelacha; ghaelacha2
vocative	ghaelaigh		gaelacha
genitive		gaelaí	gaelacha	gaelach
dative	gaelach; ghaelach1	ghaelach; ghaelaigh (archaic)	gaelacha; ghaelacha2
Comparative	níos gaelaí
Superlative	is gaelaí

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 gaelach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gaelach	ghaelach	ngaelach

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) “gaelach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN