grafach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From graf + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]grafach (genitive singular masculine grafaigh, genitive singular feminine grafaí, plural grafacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of grafach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | grafach | ghrafach | grafacha; ghrafacha² | |
| Vocative | ghrafaigh | grafacha | ||
| Genitive | grafaí | grafacha | grafach | |
| Dative | grafach; ghrafach¹ |
ghrafach; ghrafaigh (archaic) |
grafacha; ghrafacha² | |
| Comparative | níos grafaí | |||
| Superlative | is grafaí | |||
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 |
| grafach | ghrafach | ngrafach |
| 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) “grafach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN