gearrchluasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + cluas (“ear”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]gearrchluasach (genitive singular masculine gearrchluasaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchluasaí, plural gearrchluasacha, comparative gearrchluasaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gearrchluasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha² | |
Vocative | ghearrchluasaigh | gearrchluasacha | ||
Genitive | gearrchluasaí | gearrchluasacha | gearrchluasach | |
Dative | gearrchluasach; ghearrchluasach¹ |
ghearrchluasach; ghearrchluasaigh (archaic) |
gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha² | |
Comparative | níos gearrchluasaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrchluasaí |
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 |
gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | ngearrchluasach |
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) “gearrchluasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchluasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm