gearreireaballach
Irish
Etymology
From gearr- (“short”) + eireaball (“tail”) + -ach.
Adjective
gearreireaballach (genitive singular masculine gearreireaballaigh, genitive singular feminine gearreireaballaí, plural gearreireaballacha, comparative gearreireaballaí)
Declension
Declension of gearreireaballach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearreireaballach | ghearreireaballach | gearreireaballacha; ghearreireaballacha² | |
| Vocative | ghearreireaballaigh | gearreireaballacha | ||
| Genitive | gearreireaballaí | gearreireaballacha | gearreireaballach | |
| Dative | gearreireaballach; ghearreireaballach¹ |
ghearreireaballach; ghearreireaballaigh (archaic) |
gearreireaballacha; ghearreireaballacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gearreireaballaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearreireaballaí | |||
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 |
| gearreireaballach | ghearreireaballach | ngearreireaballach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearreireaballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gearreireaballach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024