callánach

Irish

Etymology

From callán (“racket, clamour”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

callánach (genitive singular masculine callánaigh, genitive singular feminine callánaí, plural callánacha, comparative callánaí)

1. loud, noisy, raucous, clamorous

Declension

Declension of callánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	callánach	challánach	callánacha; challánacha²
Vocative	challánaigh		callánacha
Genitive		callánaí	callánacha	callánach
Dative	callánach; challánach¹	challánach; challánaigh (archaic)	callánacha; challánacha²
Comparative	níos callánaí
Superlative	is callánaí

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
callánach	challánach	gcallánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “callánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “callánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “callánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024