grádach

Irish

Etymology

From grád (“grade”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

grádach (genitive singular masculine grádaigh, genitive singular feminine grádaí, plural grádacha, comparative grádaí)

1. graded

Declension

Declension of grádach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	grádach	ghrádach	grádacha; ghrádacha2
vocative	ghrádaigh		grádacha
genitive		grádaí	grádacha	grádach
dative	grádach; ghrádach1	ghrádach; ghrádaigh (archaic)	grádacha; ghrádacha2
Comparative	níos grádaí
Superlative	is grádaí

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

• roithleán grádach (“step-cone”)
• ulóg ghrádach (“step pulley”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of grádach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
grádach	ghrádach	ngrádach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grádach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm