glacach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From glac + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]glacach (genitive singular masculine glacaigh, genitive singular feminine glacaí, plural glacacha, comparative glacaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of glacach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | glacach | ghlacach | glacacha; ghlacacha² | |
| Vocative | ghlacaigh | glacacha | ||
| Genitive | glacaí | glacacha | glacach | |
| Dative | glacach; ghlacach¹ |
ghlacach; ghlacaigh (archaic) |
glacacha; ghlacacha² | |
| Comparative | níos glacaí | |||
| Superlative | is glacaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- teanga ghlacach (“receptive language”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| glacach | ghlacach | nglacach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||