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gealach

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Irish

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an ghealach

Etymology

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From Middle Irish *gelach (moon). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gealach and Manx giallagh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gealach f (genitive singular gealaí, nominative plural gealacha)

  1. (astronomy) moon
  2. brightness (as of moon), moonlight
  3. white outer ring of boiled potato

Declension

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Declension of gealach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gealach gealacha
vocative a ghealach a ghealacha
genitive gealaí gealach
dative gealach
gealaigh (in certain phrases)
gealacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghealach na gealacha
genitive na gealaí na ngealach
dative leis an ngealach
don ghealach
leis na gealacha

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gealach
radical lenition eclipsis
gealach ghealach ngealach

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

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 132

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *gelach (moon). Cognate with Irish gealach and Manx giallagh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gealach f (genitive singular gealaich, plural gealaichean)

  1. moon

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of gealach
radical lenition
gealach ghealach

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