greamach

Irish

Adjective

greamach (genitive singular masculine greamaigh, genitive singular feminine greamaí, plural greamacha, comparative greamaí)

1. Alternative form of greamannach (“biting, inclined to bite”)

Declension

Declension of greamach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	greamach	ghreamach	greamacha; ghreamacha2
vocative	ghreamaigh		greamacha
genitive		greamaí	greamacha	greamach
dative	greamach; ghreamach1	ghreamach; ghreamaigh (archaic)	greamacha; ghreamacha2
Comparative	níos greamaí
Superlative	is greamaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of greamach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
greamach	ghreamach	ngreamach

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) “greamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “greamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025