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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of gearbach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearbach	ghearbach	ngearbach

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) “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