gaelach
See also: Gaelach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gaelach (genitive singular masculine gaelaigh, genitive singular feminine gaelaí, plural gaelacha, comparative gaelaí)
- Alternative form of Gaelach (“native to Ireland; homely, pleasant; common, ordinary”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gaelach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gaelach | ghaelach | gaelacha; ghaelacha² | |
Vocative | ghaelaigh | gaelacha | ||
Genitive | gaelaí | gaelacha | gaelach | |
Dative | gaelach; ghaelach¹ |
ghaelach; ghaelaigh (archaic) |
gaelacha; ghaelacha² | |
Comparative | níos gaelaí | |||
Superlative | is gaelaí |
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 |
gaelach | ghaelach | ngaelach |
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) “gaelach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN