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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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