gearrghéagach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + géag (“limb, arm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gearrghéagach | ghearrghéagach | gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha2 | |
vocative | ghearrghéagaigh | gearrghéagacha | ||
genitive | gearrghéagaí | gearrghéagacha | gearrghéagach | |
dative | gearrghéagach; ghearrghéagach1 |
ghearrghéagach; ghearrghéagaigh (archaic) |
gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gearrghéagaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrghéagaí |
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 |
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gearrghéagach | ghearrghéagach | ngearrghéagach |
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) “gearrghéagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrghéagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm