géagscaoilteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From géag (“limb”) + scaoilte (“loose”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]géagscaoilteach (genitive singular masculine géagscaoiltigh, genitive singular feminine géagscaoiltí, plural géagscaoilteacha, comparative géagscaoiltí)
- Alternative form of géagscaoilte (“loose-limbed”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of géagscaoilteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | géagscaoilteach | ghéagscaoilteach | géagscaoilteacha; ghéagscaoilteacha² | |
| Vocative | ghéagscaoiltigh | géagscaoilteacha | ||
| Genitive | géagscaoiltí | géagscaoilteacha | géagscaoilteach | |
| Dative | géagscaoilteach; ghéagscaoilteach¹ |
ghéagscaoilteach; ghéagscaoiltigh (archaic) |
géagscaoilteacha; ghéagscaoilteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos géagscaoiltí | |||
| Superlative | is géagscaoiltí | |||
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 |
| géagscaoilteach | ghéagscaoilteach | ngéagscaoilteach |
| 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) “géagscaoilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN