gamalach

Irish

Alternative forms

• amalach

Etymology

From gamal (“gomeral, lout, simpleton, fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gamalach (genitive singular masculine gamalaigh, genitive singular feminine gamalaí, plural gamalacha, comparative gamalaí)

1. loutish, silly, moronic

   Synonyms: bómánta, dúramánta, pleidhciúil, pleotúil

Declension

Declension of gamalach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	gamalach	ghamalach	gamalacha; ghamalacha2
vocative	ghamalaigh		gamalacha
genitive		gamalaí	gamalacha	gamalach
dative	gamalach; ghamalach1	ghamalach; ghamalaigh (archaic)	gamalacha; ghamalacha2
Comparative	níos gamalaí
Superlative	is gamalaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gamalach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gamalach	ghamalach	ngamalach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gamalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gamalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026