gabhálach
See also: gabhalach
Irish
Etymology
Adjective
gabhálach (genitive singular masculine gabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine gabhálaí, plural gabhálacha, comparative gabhálaí)
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- gripping, grasping, occupying
- possessive, avaricious
- Synonym: maoinchíocrach
Declension
Declension of gabhálach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gabhálach | ghabhálach | gabhálacha; ghabhálacha² | |
Vocative | ghabhálaigh | gabhálacha | ||
Genitive | gabhálaí | gabhálacha | gabhálach | |
Dative | gabhálach; ghabhálach¹ |
ghabhálach; ghabhálaigh (archaic) |
gabhálacha; ghabhálacha² | |
Comparative | níos gabhálaí | |||
Superlative | is gabhálaí |
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
- cúlghabhálach (“retroactive; retrospective”)
- gabhálacht (“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)
- iarghabhálach (“retrospective”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gabhálach | ghabhálach | ngabhálach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |