callánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From callán (“racket, clamour”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]callánach (genitive singular masculine callánaigh, genitive singular feminine callánaí, plural callánacha, comparative callánaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of callánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | callánach | challánach | callánacha; challánacha² | |
| Vocative | challánaigh | callánacha | ||
| Genitive | callánaí | callánacha | callánach | |
| Dative | callánach; challánach¹ |
challánach; challánaigh (archaic) |
callánacha; challánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos callánaí | |||
| Superlative | is callánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| callánach | challánach | gcallánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “callánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “callánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “callánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024