galrach

Irish

Etymology 1

From galar (“sickness, disease”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

galrach (genitive singular masculine galraigh, genitive singular feminine galraí, plural galracha, comparative galraí)

1. diseased, infected
2. sickly, morbid
3. pathological

Declension

Declension of galrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	galrach	ghalrach	galracha; ghalracha2
vocative	ghalraigh		galracha
genitive		galraí	galracha	galrach
dative	galrach; ghalrach1	ghalrach; ghalraigh (archaic)	galracha; ghalracha2
Comparative	níos galraí
Superlative	is galraí

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

Alternative forms

• galarach

Derived terms

• galrachán m (“sickly creature or thing”)

Related terms

• galracht f (“sickliness, morbidity”)

Etymology 2

Noun

galrach m (genitive singular galraigh, nominative plural galraigh)

1. Alternative form of garlach (“child, kid; brat, urchin”)

Declension

Declension of galrach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative galrach galraigh vocative a ghalraigh a ghalracha genitive galraigh galrach dative galrach galraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an galrach na galraigh genitive an ghalraigh na ngalrach dative leis an ngalrach don ghalrach leis na galraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of galrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
galrach	ghalrach	ngalrach

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