gearrchloigneach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ cloigeann (“skull, head”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchloigneach (genitive singular masculine gearrchloignigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchloigní, plural gearrchloigneacha, comparative gearrchloigní)

1. short-headed

Declension

Declension of gearrchloigneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gearrchloigneach	ghearrchloigneach	gearrchloigneacha; ghearrchloigneacha2
vocative	ghearrchloignigh		gearrchloigneacha
genitive		gearrchloigní	gearrchloigneacha	gearrchloigneach
dative	gearrchloigneach; ghearrchloigneach1	ghearrchloigneach; ghearrchloignigh (archaic)	gearrchloigneacha; ghearrchloigneacha2
Comparative	níos gearrchloigní
Superlative	is gearrchloigní

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 gearrchloigneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrchloigneach	ghearrchloigneach	ngearrchloigneach

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) “gearrchloigneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchloigneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm