gearrchapall

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- +‎ capall.

Noun

gearrchapall m (genitive singular gearrchapaill, nominative plural gearrchapaill)

1. Synonym of gearrán
2. pony, cob

   Synonyms: capaillín, leathchapall, pónaí

3. medium-sized horse

   Synonym: gearrchapall maith

Declension

Declension of gearrchapall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gearrchapall gearrchapaill vocative a ghearrchapaill a ghearrchapalla genitive gearrchapaill gearrchapall dative gearrchapall gearrchapaill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gearrchapall na gearrchapaill genitive an ghearrchapaill na ngearrchapall dative leis an ngearrchapall don ghearrchapall leis na gearrchapaill

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearrchapall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrchapall	ghearrchapall	ngearrchapall

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) “gearrchapall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchapall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gearrchapall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025