gealtachas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish geltachas (“panic, terror, madness”), from geltach (“crazy, timid, skittish”), from gelt (“madman, one who goes mad from terror”). By surface analysis, gealtach +‎ -as.

Noun

gealtachas m (genitive singular gealtachais)

1. lunacy
2. panic

Declension

Declension of gealtachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gealtachas Vocative a ghealtachais Genitive gealtachais Dative gealtachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gealtachas Genitive an ghealtachais Dative leis an ngealtachas don ghealtachas

Related terms

• gealt
• gealtach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gealtachas	ghealtachas	ngealtachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.