gnách
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, usual, constant; familiar, well-known”); synchronically gnáth + -ach.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)
Declension
Declension of gnách
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gnách | ghnách | gnácha; ghnácha² | |
Vocative | ghnách | gnácha | ||
Genitive | gnáiche | gnácha | gnách | |
Dative | gnách; ghnách¹ |
ghnách | gnácha; ghnácha² | |
Comparative | níos gnáiche | |||
Superlative | is gnáiche |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- go gnách (“ordinarily”, adverb)
- síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gnách | ghnách | ngnách |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gnáthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language