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gearrchabhlach
gearrchabhlach
Irish
Adjective
gearrchabhlach (genitive singular masculine gearrchabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchabhlaí, plural gearrchabhlacha, comparative gearrchabhlaí)
Declension
Declension of gearrchabhlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrchabhlach | gearrchabhlach¹ | gearrchabhlacha³ | |
| Vocative | gearrchabhlaigh¹ | gearrchabhlach¹ | gearrchabhlacha | |
| Genitive | gearrchabhlaigh¹ | gearrchabhlaí (obsolete) gearrchabhlaighe |
gearrchabhlacha | gearrchabhlach |
| Dative | gearrchabhlach² | gearrchabhlach¹ (archaic) gearrchabhlaigh¹ |
gearrchabhlacha³ | |
| Comparative | gearrchabhlaí (obsolete) gearrchabhlaighe |
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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 |
| gearrchabhlach | ghearrchabhlach | ngearrchabhlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gearrchabhlach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.