gnách

See also: Gnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• gnáthach

Etymology

From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, familiar”). By surface analysis, gnáth +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːx/; /ˈɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːhəx/ (corresponding to the form gnáthach)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡnˠɑːx/, /ɡɾˠɑːx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠãːx/

Adjective

gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)

1. customary, usual

   Synonym: gnáth-

   go gnách ― ordinarily

2. common, ordinary

   Synonym: normálta

Declension

Declension of gnách

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gnách	ghnách	gnácha; ghnácha2
vocative	ghnách		gnácha
genitive		gnáiche	gnácha	gnách
dative	gnách; ghnách1	ghnách	gnácha; ghnácha2
Comparative	níos gnáiche
Superlative	is gnáiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnách

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnách	ghnách	ngnách

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) “gnách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN