gearrchluasach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + cluas (“ear”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]gearrchluasach (genitive singular masculine gearrchluasaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchluasaí, plural gearrchluasacha, comparative gearrchluasaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha2 | |
| vocative | ghearrchluasaigh | gearrchluasacha | ||
| genitive | gearrchluasaí | gearrchluasacha | gearrchluasach | |
| dative | gearrchluasach; ghearrchluasach1 |
ghearrchluasach; ghearrchluasaigh (archaic) |
gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos gearrchluasaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearrchluasaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | ngearrchluasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchluasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchluasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm