gearbach

Irish

Alternative forms

• geargach

Etymology

From Old Irish gerbach (“scabby, mangy”). By surface analysis, gearb (“scab, mange”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəbˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəbˠa(x)/

Adjective

gearbach (genitive singular masculine gearbaigh, genitive singular feminine gearbaí, plural gearbacha, comparative gearbaí)

1. scabby, mangy

Declension

Declension of gearbach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearbach	ghearbach	gearbacha; ghearbacha²
Vocative	ghearbaigh		gearbacha
Genitive		gearbaí	gearbacha	gearbach
Dative	gearbach; ghearbach¹	ghearbach; ghearbaigh (archaic)	gearbacha; ghearbacha²
Comparative	níos gearbaí
Superlative	is gearbaí

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

Noun

gearbach m (genitive singular gearbaigh)

1. (horticulture) scab

Declension

Declension of gearbach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gearbach Vocative a ghearbaigh Genitive gearbaigh Dative gearbach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gearbach Genitive an ghearbaigh Dative leis an ngearbach don ghearbach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearbach	ghearbach	ngearbach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearbach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gearbach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024