greamach

Irish

Adjective

greamach (genitive singular masculine greamaigh, genitive singular feminine greamaí, plural greamacha, comparative greamaí)

1. Alternative form of greamannach (“biting, inclined to bite”)

Declension

Declension of greamach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	greamach	ghreamach	greamacha; ghreamacha²
Vocative	ghreamaigh		greamacha
Genitive		greamaí	greamacha	greamach
Dative	greamach; ghreamach¹	ghreamach; ghreamaigh (archaic)	greamacha; ghreamacha²
Comparative	níos greamaí
Superlative	is greamaí

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
greamach	ghreamach	ngreamach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “greamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024