gearrchabhlach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short-”) + cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]gearrchabhlach (genitive singular masculine gearrchabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchabhlaí, plural gearrchabhlacha, comparative gearrchabhlaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gearrchabhlach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gearrchabhlach | ghearrchabhlach | gearrchabhlacha; ghearrchabhlacha² | |
Vocative | ghearrchabhlaigh | gearrchabhlacha | ||
Genitive | gearrchabhlaí | gearrchabhlacha | gearrchabhlach | |
Dative | gearrchabhlach; ghearrchabhlach¹ |
ghearrchabhlach; ghearrchabhlaigh (archaic) |
gearrchabhlacha; ghearrchabhlacha² | |
Comparative | níos gearrchabhlaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrchabhlaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gearrchabhlach | ghearrchabhlach | ngearrchabhlach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchabhlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN