gearrchabhlach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short-”) + cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearrchabhlach (genitive singular masculine gearrchabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchabhlaí, plural gearrchabhlacha, comparative gearrchabhlaí)

1. short-bodied

Declension

Declension of gearrchabhlach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gearrchabhlach	ghearrchabhlach	gearrchabhlacha; ghearrchabhlacha2
vocative	ghearrchabhlaigh		gearrchabhlacha
genitive		gearrchabhlaí	gearrchabhlacha	gearrchabhlach
dative	gearrchabhlach; ghearrchabhlach1	ghearrchabhlach; ghearrchabhlaigh (archaic)	gearrchabhlacha; ghearrchabhlacha2
Comparative	níos gearrchabhlaí
Superlative	is gearrchabhlaí

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 gearrchabhlach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrchabhlach	ghearrchabhlach	ngearrchabhlach

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