gnásach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gnás (“harelip”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gnásach (genitive singular masculine gnásaigh, genitive singular feminine gnásaí, plural gnásacha, comparative gnásaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gnásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gnásach | ghnásach | gnásacha; ghnásacha² | |
| Vocative | ghnásaigh | gnásacha | ||
| Genitive | gnásaí | gnásacha | gnásach | |
| Dative | gnásach; ghnásach¹ |
ghnásach; ghnásaigh (archaic) |
gnásacha; ghnásacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gnásaí | |||
| Superlative | is gnásaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- gnásachán m (“harelipped person”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gnásach | ghnásach | ngnásach |
| 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) “gnásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gnásach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm