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Gaelach
Gaelach
See also: gaelach
Irish
Alternative forms
- Gaedhealach (Ulster, otherwise superseded)
Adjective
Gaelach
- Irish
- attached to Irish, to Irish culture
- (usually in lowercase: gaelach) native to Ireland; homely, pleasant; common, ordinary
Declension
Declension of Gaelach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Gaelach | Gaelach¹ | Gaelacha³ | |
| Vocative | Gaelaigh¹ | Gaelach¹ | Gaelacha | |
| Genitive | Gaelaigh¹ | Gaelaí | Gaelacha | Gaelach |
| Dative | Gaelach² | Gaelach¹ (archaic) Gaelaigh¹ |
Gaelacha³ | |
| Comparative | Gaelaí | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Gaelach | Ghaelach | nGaelach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
gaelach
gaelach
See also: Gaelach
Irish
Alternative forms
- gaedhealach (obsolete)
- Gaelach
Adjective
gaelach
Declension
Declension of gaelach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gaelach | gaelach¹ | gaelacha³ | |
| Vocative | gaelaigh¹ | gaelach¹ | gaelacha | |
| Genitive | gaelaigh¹ | gaelaí | gaelacha | gaelach |
| Dative | gaelach² | gaelach¹ (archaic) gaelaigh¹ |
gaelacha³ | |
| Comparative | gaelaí | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gaelach | ghaelach | ngaelach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||