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gearrshaolach
gearrshaolach
Irish
Adjective
gearrshaolach (genitive singular masculine gearrshaolaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrshaolaí, plural gearrshaolacha, comparative gearrshaolaí)
Declension
Declension of gearrshaolach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrshaolach | gearrshaolach¹ | gearrshaolacha³ | |
| Vocative | gearrshaolaigh¹ | gearrshaolach¹ | gearrshaolacha | |
| Genitive | gearrshaolaigh¹ | gearrshaolaí (obsolete) gearrshaolaighe |
gearrshaolacha | gearrshaolach |
| Dative | gearrshaolach² | gearrshaolach¹ (archaic) gearrshaolaigh¹ |
gearrshaolacha³ | |
| Comparative | gearrshaolaí (obsolete) gearrshaolaighe |
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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 |
| gearrshaolach | ghearrshaolach | ngearrshaolach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gearrshaolach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.