gearrmhuineálach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gearrmhuineálach (genitive singular masculine gearrmhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrmhuineálaí, plural gearrmhuineálacha, comparative gearrmhuineálaí)
- short-necked
- Antonyms: dúdach, fadmhuineálach, muineálach, scrogallach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gearrmhuineálach | ghearrmhuineálach | gearrmhuineálacha; ghearrmhuineálacha2 | |
| vocative | ghearrmhuineálaigh | gearrmhuineálacha | ||
| genitive | gearrmhuineálaí | gearrmhuineálacha | gearrmhuineálach | |
| dative | gearrmhuineálach; ghearrmhuineálach1 |
ghearrmhuineálach; ghearrmhuineálaigh (archaic) |
gearrmhuineálacha; ghearrmhuineálacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos gearrmhuineálaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearrmhuineálaí | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| gearrmhuineálach | ghearrmhuineálach | ngearrmhuineálach |
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) “gearrmhuineálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrmhuineálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm