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gairmeach
gairmeach
Irish
Adjective
gairmeach (genitive singular masculine gairmigh, genitive singular feminine gairmí, plural gairmeacha, comparative gairmí)
Declension
Declension of gairmeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gairmeach | gairmeach¹ | gairmeacha³ | |
| Vocative | gairmigh¹ | gairmeach¹ | gairmeacha | |
| Genitive | gairmigh¹ | gairmí (obsolete) gairmighe |
gairmeacha | gairmeach |
| Dative | gairmeach² | gairmeach¹ (archaic) gairmigh¹ |
gairmeacha³ | |
| Comparative | gairmí (obsolete) gairmighe |
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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.
Noun
gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmigh, nominative plural gairmigh)
Declension
Declension of gairmeach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gairmeach | ghairmeach | ngairmeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gairmeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From gairm (“cry, call”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gairmeach
Noun
gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmich)
- (grammar, dated) vocative case
- (archaic) appellative
- (archaic) calling
- (archaic) invitation
Synonyms
- (vocative case): tuiseal gairmeach
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9