gearrmhuineálach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gearrmhuineálach (genitive singular masculine gearrmhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrmhuineálaí, plural gearrmhuineálacha, comparative gearrmhuineálaí)
- short-necked
- Antonyms: dúdach, fadmhuineálach, muineálach, scrogallach
Declension
[edit]Declension of gearrmhuineálach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gearrmhuineálach | ghearrmhuineálach | gearrmhuineálacha; ghearrmhuineálacha² | |
Vocative | ghearrmhuineálaigh | gearrmhuineálacha | ||
Genitive | gearrmhuineálaí | gearrmhuineálacha | gearrmhuineálach | |
Dative | gearrmhuineálach; ghearrmhuineálach¹ |
ghearrmhuineálach; ghearrmhuineálaigh (archaic) |
gearrmhuineálacha; ghearrmhuineálacha² | |
Comparative | níos gearrmhuineálaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrmhuineálaí |
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 |
gearrmhuineálach | ghearrmhuineálach | ngearrmhuineálach |
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) “gearrmhuineálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrmhuineálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm