gallúnach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gallúinech (“soap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˠuːnˠəx/

Noun

gallúnach f (genitive singular gallúnaí, nominative plural gallúnacha)

1. soap

   Synonym: sópa

2. (familiar) flattery, cajolery

Declension

Declension of gallúnach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gallúnach gallúnacha Vocative a ghallúnach a ghallúnacha Genitive gallúnaí gallúnach Dative gallúnach gallúnacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghallúnach na gallúnacha Genitive na gallúnaí na ngallúnach Dative leis an ngallúnach don ghallúnach leis na gallúnacha

Derived terms

• barra gallúnaí (“a bar of soap”)
• boilgeog gallúnaí (“soap-bubble”)
• bosca gallúnaí (“soap-box”)
• calóga gallúnaí (“soap-flakes”)
• cloch ghallúnaí (“soap-stone”)
• coire gallúnaí (“soap-boiler”)
• déantóir gallúnaí (“soap-maker”)
• faoi ghallúnach (“soapy”)
• gallúnach bhearrtha (“shaving-soap”)
• gallúnach bhog (“soft soap”)
• gallúnach boladh breá (“perfumed soap”)
• gallúnach láimhe (“hand soap”)
• gallúnach photaise (“soft-soap”)
• ladar gallúnaí (“lather of soap”)
• sobal gallúnaí (“soap-suds”)
• soitheach gallúnaí (“soap-dish”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gallúnach	ghallúnach	ngallúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gallúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gallúinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gallúnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gallúnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024