greamach
Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]greamach (genitive singular masculine greamaigh, genitive singular feminine greamaí, plural greamacha, comparative greamaí)
- Alternative form of greamannach (“biting, inclined to bite”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of greamach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | greamach | ghreamach | greamacha; ghreamacha² | |
Vocative | ghreamaigh | greamacha | ||
Genitive | greamaí | greamacha | greamach | |
Dative | greamach; ghreamach¹ |
ghreamach; ghreamaigh (archaic) |
greamacha; ghreamacha² | |
Comparative | níos greamaí | |||
Superlative | is greamaí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
greamach | ghreamach | ngreamach |
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) “greamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “greamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024