gamhnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• gabhnach

Etymology

From Old Irish gamnach. By surface analysis, gamhain +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡãuna(x)/

Noun

gamhnach f (genitive singular gamhnaí, nominative plural gamhnacha)

1. stripper (cow that has nearly stopped giving milk)

Declension

Declension of gamhnach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gamhnach gamhnacha vocative a ghamhnach a ghamhnacha genitive gamhnaí gamhnach dative gamhnach gamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal) gamhnacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghamhnach na gamhnacha genitive na gamhnaí na ngamhnach dative leis an ngamhnach leis an ngamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghamhnach don ghamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na gamhnacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of gamhnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gamhnach	ghamhnach	ngamhnach

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

Further reading

• “gamhnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gamnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaḃnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamhnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57