gearrbhéalach
Irish
Etymology
From gearr- (“short”) + béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gearrbhéalach (genitive singular masculine gearrbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrbhéalaí, plural gearrbhéalacha, comparative gearrbhéalaí)
Declension
Declension of gearrbhéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrbhéalach | ghearrbhéalach | gearrbhéalacha; ghearrbhéalacha² | |
| Vocative | ghearrbhéalaigh | gearrbhéalacha | ||
| Genitive | gearrbhéalaí | gearrbhéalacha | gearrbhéalach | |
| Dative | gearrbhéalach; ghearrbhéalach¹ |
ghearrbhéalach; ghearrbhéalaigh (archaic) |
gearrbhéalacha; ghearrbhéalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gearrbhéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearrbhéalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearrbhéalach | ghearrbhéalach | ngearrbhéalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrbhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrbhéalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gearrbhéalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024