garmhac

Irish

Etymology

gar- (“near”) +‎ mac (“son”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɾˠˌwak]

Noun

garmhac m (genitive singular garmhic, nominative plural garmhic)

1. grandson
2. (literary) adopted son, sister's son

Declension

Declension of garmhac (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative garmhac garmhic vocative a gharmhic a gharmhaca genitive garmhic garmhac dative garmhac garmhic forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an garmhac na garmhic genitive an gharmhic na ngarmhac dative leis an ngarmhac don gharmhac leis na garmhic

Coordinate terms

• gariníon

See also

• ó (“grandson”) (archaic, used frequently in clan/sept names)

Mutation

Mutated forms of garmhac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
garmhac	gharmhac	ngarmhac

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