gamalach

Irish

Alternative forms

amalach

Etymology

From gamal (“gomeral, lout, simpleton, fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gamalach (genitive singular masculine gamalaigh, genitive singular feminine gamalaí, plural gamalacha, comparative gamalaí)

loutish, silly, moronic
Synonyms: bómánta, dúramánta, pleidhciúil, pleotúil

Declension

Declension of *gamalach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gamalach	ghamalach	gamalacha; ghamalacha²
vocative	ghamalaigh	ghamalach	gamalacha
genitive	ghamalaigh	gamalaí	gamalacha	gamalach
dative	gamalach; ghamalach¹	ghamalach; ghamalaigh (archaic)	gamalacha; ghamalacha²
Comparative	níos gamalaí
Superlative	is gamalaí

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 *gamalach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gamalach	ghamalach	ngamalach

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