gearrmhuineálach
Irish
Etymology
From gearr- (“short”) + muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gearrmhuineálach (genitive singular masculine gearrmhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrmhuineálaí, plural gearrmhuineálacha, comparative gearrmhuineálaí)
- short-necked
- Antonym: muineálach
Declension
Declension of gearrmhuineálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrmhuineálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrmhuineálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm