guanach

See also: Guánach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

guanach (genitive singular masculine guanaigh, genitive singular feminine guanaí, plural guanacha, comparative guanaí)

1. fanciful, silly

Declension

Declension of guanach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	guanach	ghuanach	guanacha; ghuanacha2
vocative	ghuanaigh		guanacha
genitive		guanaí	guanacha	guanach
dative	guanach; ghuanach1	ghuanach; ghuanaigh (archaic)	guanacha; ghuanacha2
Comparative	níos guanaí
Superlative	is guanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• guanacht f (“fancifulness, silliness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of guanach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guanach	ghuanach	nguanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN