gearrghreamannach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ greamanna + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrghreamannach (genitive singular masculine gearrghreamannaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghreamannaí, plural gearrghreamannacha, comparative gearrghreamannaí)

1. captious

   Synonym: beachtaíoch

Declension

Declension of gearrghreamannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gearrghreamannach	ghearrghreamannach	gearrghreamannacha; ghearrghreamannacha2
vocative	ghearrghreamannaigh		gearrghreamannacha
genitive		gearrghreamannaí	gearrghreamannacha	gearrghreamannach
dative	gearrghreamannach; ghearrghreamannach1	ghearrghreamannach; ghearrghreamannaigh (archaic)	gearrghreamannacha; ghearrghreamannacha2
Comparative	níos gearrghreamannaí
Superlative	is gearrghreamannaí

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 gearrghreamannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrghreamannach	ghearrghreamannach	ngearrghreamannach

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