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gearrchloigneach
gearrchloigneach
Irish
Adjective
gearrchloigneach (genitive singular masculine gearrchloignigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchloigní, plural gearrchloigneacha, comparative gearrchloigní)
Declension
Declension of gearrchloigneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrchloigneach | gearrchloigneach¹ | gearrchloigneacha³ | |
| Vocative | gearrchloignigh¹ | gearrchloigneach¹ | gearrchloigneacha | |
| Genitive | gearrchloignigh¹ | gearrchloigní (obsolete) gearrchloignighe |
gearrchloigneacha | gearrchloigneach |
| Dative | gearrchloigneach² | gearrchloigneach¹ (archaic) gearrchloignigh¹ |
gearrchloigneacha³ | |
| Comparative | gearrchloigní (obsolete) gearrchloignighe |
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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 |
| gearrchloigneach | ghearrchloigneach | ngearrchloigneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gearrchloigneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.