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gréasach
gréasach
Irish
Adjective
gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, comparative gréasaí)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish grésach (“lasting, perpetual, constant, habitual”, adjective). Compare de ghréas (“habitually, continually, perpetually”).
Adjective
gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, comparative gréasaí)
Declension
Declension of gréasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gréasach | gréasach¹ | gréasacha³ | |
| Vocative | gréasaigh¹ | gréasach¹ | gréasacha | |
| Genitive | gréasaigh¹ | gréasaí (obsolete) gréasaighe |
gréasacha | gréasach |
| Dative | gréasach² | gréasach¹ (archaic) gréasaigh¹ |
gréasacha³ | |
| Comparative | gréasaí (obsolete) gréasaighe |
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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 |
| gréasach | ghréasach | ngréasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gréasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “grésach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.