galrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From galar (“sickness, disease”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]galrach (genitive singular masculine galraigh, genitive singular feminine galraí, plural galracha, comparative galraí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of galrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | galrach | ghalrach | galracha; ghalracha² | |
Vocative | ghalraigh | galracha | ||
Genitive | galraí | galracha | galrach | |
Dative | galrach; ghalrach¹ |
ghalrach; ghalraigh (archaic) |
galracha; ghalracha² | |
Comparative | níos galraí | |||
Superlative | is galraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- galrachán m (“sickly creature or thing”)
Related terms
[edit]- galracht f (“sickliness, morbidity”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]galrach m (genitive singular galraigh, nominative plural galraigh)
- Alternative form of garlach (“child, kid; brat, urchin”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of galrach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
galrach | ghalrach | ngalrach |
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) “galrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “galrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “galrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024