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Definition 2024
gearrchosach
gearrchosach
Irish
Adjective
gearrchosach (genitive singular masculine gearrchosaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchosaí, plural gearrchosacha, comparative gearrchosaí)
Declension
Declension of gearrchosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrchosach | gearrchosach¹ | gearrchosacha³ | |
| Vocative | gearrchosaigh¹ | gearrchosach¹ | gearrchosacha | |
| Genitive | gearrchosaigh¹ | gearrchosaí (obsolete) gearrchosaighe |
gearrchosacha | gearrchosach |
| Dative | gearrchosach² | gearrchosach¹ (archaic) gearrchosaigh¹ |
gearrchosacha³ | |
| Comparative | gearrchosaí (obsolete) gearrchosaighe |
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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 |
| gearrchosach | ghearrchosach | ngearrchosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gearrchosach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.