gartach

Irish

Etymology 1

From gart (“generosity, hospitality, magnanimity”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gartach (genitive singular masculine gartaigh, genitive singular feminine gartaí, plural gartacha, comparative gartaí)

1. (literary) generous, hospitable, magnanimous

Etymology 2

From garta (“wart”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gartach (genitive singular masculine gartaigh, genitive singular feminine gartaí, plural gartacha, comparative gartaí)

1. warty; rough(-skinned)

Declension

Declension of gartach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gartach	ghartach	gartacha; ghartacha²
Vocative	ghartaigh		gartacha
Genitive		gartaí	gartacha	gartach
Dative	gartach; ghartach¹	ghartach; ghartaigh (archaic)	gartacha; ghartacha²
Comparative	níos gartaí
Superlative	is gartaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gartach	ghartach	ngartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN