gnásach

Irish

Etymology

From gnás (“harelip”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gnásach (genitive singular masculine gnásaigh, genitive singular feminine gnásaí, plural gnásacha, comparative gnásaí)

1. harelipped

Declension

Declension of gnásach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gnásach	ghnásach	gnásacha; ghnásacha2
vocative	ghnásaigh		gnásacha
genitive		gnásaí	gnásacha	gnásach
dative	gnásach; ghnásach1	ghnásach; ghnásaigh (archaic)	gnásacha; ghnásacha2
Comparative	níos gnásaí
Superlative	is gnásaí

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

• gnásachán m (“harelipped person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnásach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnásach	ghnásach	ngnásach

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