garrfhiach

Irish

Etymology

From garr (“garbage, offal”) +‎ fiach (“raven”).

Noun

garrfhiach m (genitive singular garrfhiaigh, nominative plural garrfhiacha)

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of garrfhiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative garrfhiach garrfhiacha Vocative a gharrfhiaigh a gharrfhiacha Genitive garrfhiaigh garrfhiach Dative garrfhiach garrfhiacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an garrfhiach na garrfhiacha Genitive an gharrfhiaigh na ngarrfhiach Dative leis an ngarrfhiach don gharrfhiach leis na garrfhiacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
garrfhiach	gharrfhiach	ngarrfhiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “garrfhiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN