gnóthach

See also: gnothach

Irish

Etymology

From gnó, gnótha (“business”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːha(x)/ (as if spelled gnaethach); /ˈɡɾˠĩːha(x)/ (as if spelled gnaothach)

Adjective

gnóthach (genitive singular masculine gnóthaigh, genitive singular feminine gnóthaí, plural gnóthacha, comparative gnóthaí)

1. busy, active
2. officious

Declension

Declension of gnóthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gnóthach	ghnóthach	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha²
Vocative	ghnóthaigh		gnóthacha
Genitive		gnóthaí	gnóthacha	gnóthach
Dative	gnóthach; ghnóthach¹	ghnóthach; ghnóthaigh (archaic)	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha²
Comparative	níos gnóthaí
Superlative	is gnóthaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gnóthach	ghnóthach	ngnóthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnóthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN