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gearrghéagach
gearrghéagach
Irish
Adjective
gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)
Declension
Declension of gearrghéagach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrghéagach | gearrghéagach¹ | gearrghéagacha³ | |
| Vocative | gearrghéagaigh¹ | gearrghéagach¹ | gearrghéagacha | |
| Genitive | gearrghéagaigh¹ | gearrghéagaí (obsolete) gearrghéagaighe |
gearrghéagacha | gearrghéagach |
| Dative | gearrghéagach² | gearrghéagach¹ (archaic) gearrghéagaigh¹ |
gearrghéagacha³ | |
| Comparative | gearrghéagaí (obsolete) gearrghéagaighe |
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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 |
| gearrghéagach | ghearrghéagach | ngearrghéagach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gearrghéagach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.