gearbach

Irish

Alternative forms

• geargach

Etymology

From Old Irish gerbach (“scabby, mangy”). By surface analysis, gearb (“scab, mange”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearbach (genitive singular masculine gearbaigh, genitive singular feminine gearbaí, plural gearbacha, comparative gearbaí)

1. scabby, mangy

Declension

Declension of gearbach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearbach	ghearbach	gearbacha; ghearbacha²
Vocative	ghearbaigh		gearbacha
Genitive		gearbaí	gearbacha	gearbach
Dative	gearbach; ghearbach¹	ghearbach; ghearbaigh (archaic)	gearbacha; ghearbacha²
Comparative	níos gearbaí
Superlative	is gearbaí

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

Noun

gearbach m (genitive singular gearbaigh)

1. (horticulture) scab

Declension

Declension of gearbach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gearbach Vocative a ghearbaigh Genitive gearbaigh Dative gearbach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gearbach Genitive an ghearbaigh Dative leis an ngearbach don ghearbach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearbach	ghearbach	ngearbach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gerbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “gearbach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gearbach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.