gearrghéagach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + géag (“limb, arm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gearrghéagach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrghéagach | ghearrghéagach | gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha² | |
| Vocative | ghearrghéagaigh | gearrghéagacha | ||
| Genitive | gearrghéagaí | gearrghéagacha | gearrghéagach | |
| Dative | gearrghéagach; ghearrghéagach¹ |
ghearrghéagach; ghearrghéagaigh (archaic) |
gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gearrghéagaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearrghéagaí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearrghéagach | ghearrghéagach | ngearrghéagach |
| 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) “gearrghéagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrghéagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm