gasach

See also: gásach

Irish

Etymology

From gas (“stalk, stem; sprig, shoot, frond”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gasach (genitive singular masculine gasaigh, genitive singular feminine gasaí, plural gasacha, comparative gasaí)

1. long-stalked
2. abounding in stalks, in shoots.

Declension

Declension of gasach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	gasach	ghasach	gasacha; ghasacha2
vocative	ghasaigh		gasacha
genitive		gasaí	gasacha	gasach
dative	gasach; ghasach1	ghasach; ghasaigh (archaic)	gasacha; ghasacha2
Comparative	níos gasaí
Superlative	is gasaí

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 gasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gasach	ghasach	ngasach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN